diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/kernel.h b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/kernel.h
index 1eb804fd3fbff078baa9e70f57d850676607c1b9..b6842c1d02a8dfd6ed22da698e8e3cf65ff9a50c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -108,4 +108,14 @@ int eprintf(int level,
 #define pr_debug3(fmt, ...) pr_debugN(3, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define pr_debug4(fmt, ...) pr_debugN(4, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
+/*
+ * This looks more complex than it should be. But we need to
+ * get the type for the ~ right in round_down (it needs to be
+ * as wide as the result!), and we want to evaluate the macro
+ * arguments just once each.
+ */
+#define __round_mask(x, y) ((__typeof__(x))((y)-1))
+#define round_up(x, y) ((((x)-1) | __round_mask(x, y))+1)
+#define round_down(x, y) ((x) & ~__round_mask(x, y))
+
 #endif