diff --git a/tools/perf/bash_completion b/tools/perf/bash_completion
index 62e157db2e2b01e9400f9348d671fd9ba7267104..3efdc84f112c7e55a6a51036b55da270415487c9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bash_completion
+++ b/tools/perf/bash_completion
@@ -89,15 +89,12 @@ __ltrim_colon_completions()
 	fi
 }
 
-type perf &>/dev/null &&
-_perf()
+__perf_main ()
 {
-	local cur words cword prev cmd
-
-	COMPREPLY=()
-	_get_comp_words_by_ref -n =: cur words cword prev
+	local cmd
 
 	cmd=${words[0]}
+	COMPREPLY=()
 
 	# List perf subcommands or long options
 	if [ $cword -eq 1 ]; then
@@ -120,6 +117,14 @@ _perf()
 		opts=$($cmd $subcmd --list-opts)
 		COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '$opts' -- "$cur" ) )
 	fi
+}
+
+type perf &>/dev/null &&
+_perf()
+{
+	local cur words cword prev
+	_get_comp_words_by_ref -n =: cur words cword prev
+	__perf_main
 } &&
 
 complete -o bashdefault -o default -o nospace -F _perf perf 2>/dev/null \