diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 6aa2fe323db1ec63424cb785e576d2914ee44f2b..17a3692397c5130078e8d815ae4acda3c7b9b354 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ ifdef NO_LIBPERL
 else
 	PERL_EMBED_LDOPTS = `perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ldopts 2>/dev/null`
 	PERL_EMBED_CCOPTS = `perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ccopts 2>/dev/null`
-	PERL_EMBED_FLAGS=$(PERL_EMBED_CCOPTS) $(PERL_EMBED_LDOPTS)
+	FLAGS_PERL_EMBED=$(PERL_EMBED_CCOPTS) $(PERL_EMBED_LDOPTS)
 
 	ifneq ($(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_PERL_EMBED),$(FLAGS_PERL_EMBED)),y)
 		BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_LIBPERL