diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 8f0db4007282fabfe99fdcdc80de480d38e30510..85dd0db0a127995a725eade74a12e5da8569b80c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -828,8 +828,7 @@ static int write_group_desc(int fd, struct perf_header *h __maybe_unused,
  * default get_cpuid(): nothing gets recorded
  * actual implementation must be in arch/$(ARCH)/util/header.c
  */
-int __attribute__ ((weak)) get_cpuid(char *buffer __maybe_unused,
-				     size_t sz __maybe_unused)
+int __weak get_cpuid(char *buffer __maybe_unused, size_t sz __maybe_unused)
 {
 	return -1;
 }