diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 40a6a2992d15b286a883ebbbb0f5dd4c10d0e6c5..3ea62199ffe1a407f31f7bbca504ddbc5ccf52d0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ static struct scripting_ops	*scripting_ops;
 
 static void setup_scripting(void)
 {
-	/* make sure PERF_EXEC_PATH is set for scripts */
-	perf_set_argv_exec_path(perf_exec_path());
-
 	setup_perl_scripting();
 	setup_python_scripting();
 
@@ -593,6 +590,9 @@ int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 		suffix = REPORT_SUFFIX;
 	}
 
+	/* make sure PERF_EXEC_PATH is set for scripts */
+	perf_set_argv_exec_path(perf_exec_path());
+
 	if (!suffix && argc >= 2 && strncmp(argv[1], "-", strlen("-")) != 0) {
 		char *record_script_path, *report_script_path;
 		int live_pipe[2];
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/failed-syscalls-report b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/failed-syscalls-report
index e3a5e55d54ff6706f620e9517d1a33f4b991364c..4028d92dc4ae6602927d3c82c02f3973506d995e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/failed-syscalls-report
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/failed-syscalls-report
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ if [ $# -gt 0 ] ; then
 	shift
     fi
 fi
-perf trace $@ -s ~/libexec/perf-core/scripts/perl/failed-syscalls.pl $comm
+perf trace $@ -s "$PERF_EXEC_PATH"/scripts/perl/failed-syscalls.pl $comm
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/rw-by-file-report b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/rw-by-file-report
index d83070b7eeb536d2afa455601d6e8533bbd5694a..ba25f4d41fb02a1d40303ebcdb8ba8f17ff8470d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/rw-by-file-report
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/rw-by-file-report
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if [ $# -lt 1 ] ; then
 fi
 comm=$1
 shift
-perf trace $@ -s ~/libexec/perf-core/scripts/perl/rw-by-file.pl $comm
+perf trace $@ -s "$PERF_EXEC_PATH"/scripts/perl/rw-by-file.pl $comm
 
 
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/rw-by-pid-report b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/rw-by-pid-report
index 7ef46983f62f471145f924a6901b5c1e75a68572..641a3f5d085c6148e9437e10704f6953d7d1eca5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/rw-by-pid-report
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/rw-by-pid-report
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # description: system-wide r/w activity
-perf trace $@ -s ~/libexec/perf-core/scripts/perl/rw-by-pid.pl
+perf trace $@ -s "$PERF_EXEC_PATH"/scripts/perl/rw-by-pid.pl
 
 
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/rwtop-report b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/rwtop-report
index 93e698cd3f382e79b93ffc90db7aac8162dbc529..4918dba77021e676fdfeaf6c7d3e90105979ccc8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/rwtop-report
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/rwtop-report
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if [ "$n_args" -gt 0 ] ; then
     interval=$1
     shift
 fi
-perf trace $@ -s ~/libexec/perf-core/scripts/perl/rwtop.pl $interval
+perf trace $@ -s "$PERF_EXEC_PATH"/scripts/perl/rwtop.pl $interval
 
 
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/wakeup-latency-report b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/wakeup-latency-report
index a0d898f9ca1d2c87c0a46e475483dc58101f4305..49052ebcb6326d8aa13ea309994d965ca045f58b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/wakeup-latency-report
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/wakeup-latency-report
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # description: system-wide min/max/avg wakeup latency
-perf trace $@ -s ~/libexec/perf-core/scripts/perl/wakeup-latency.pl
+perf trace $@ -s "$PERF_EXEC_PATH"/scripts/perl/wakeup-latency.pl
 
 
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/workqueue-stats-report b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/workqueue-stats-report
index 35081132ef97551f7bc352180a75037ccb927dab..df0c65f4ca93de35b07bbe9e24f5a966d8b75ea8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/workqueue-stats-report
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/workqueue-stats-report
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # description: workqueue stats (ins/exe/create/destroy)
-perf trace $@ -s ~/libexec/perf-core/scripts/perl/workqueue-stats.pl
+perf trace $@ -s "$PERF_EXEC_PATH"/scripts/perl/workqueue-stats.pl
 
 
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/failed-syscalls-by-pid-report b/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/failed-syscalls-by-pid-report
index 30293545fcc2864f0f577669ed88a40353c1f4a9..03587021463d4ef6c7d25b4d0a852178fded5a86 100644
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/failed-syscalls-by-pid-report
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/failed-syscalls-by-pid-report
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ if [ $# -gt 0 ] ; then
 	shift
     fi
 fi
-perf trace $@ -s ~/libexec/perf-core/scripts/python/failed-syscalls-by-pid.py $comm
+perf trace $@ -s "$PERF_EXEC_PATH"/scripts/python/failed-syscalls-by-pid.py $comm
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/netdev-times-report b/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/netdev-times-report
index c3d0a638123d3a308212f2a09de1aeb8781634a8..4ad361b31249c03f10d424b842b92b6d9911acee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/netdev-times-report
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/netdev-times-report
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # description: display a process of packet and processing time
 # args: [tx] [rx] [dev=] [debug]
 
-perf trace -s ~/libexec/perf-core/scripts/python/netdev-times.py $@
+perf trace -s "$PERF_EXEC_PATH"/scripts/python/netdev-times.py $@
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/sched-migration-report b/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/sched-migration-report
index 61d05f72e4431518127b156505ec549a481aed0f..df1791f07c24233c638e445d48ff3ab52955889c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/sched-migration-report
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/sched-migration-report
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # description: sched migration overview
-perf trace $@ -s ~/libexec/perf-core/scripts/python/sched-migration.py
+perf trace $@ -s "$PERF_EXEC_PATH"/scripts/python/sched-migration.py
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/sctop-report b/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/sctop-report
index b01c842ae7b40aef8a77c5863991969d3c09c939..36b409c05e50ac5e6f80f7b82189aaa0d2ba096a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/sctop-report
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/sctop-report
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ elif [ "$n_args" -gt 0 ] ; then
     interval=$1
     shift
 fi
-perf trace $@ -s ~/libexec/perf-core/scripts/python/sctop.py $comm $interval
+perf trace $@ -s "$PERF_EXEC_PATH"/scripts/python/sctop.py $comm $interval
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/syscall-counts-by-pid-report b/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/syscall-counts-by-pid-report
index 9e9d8ddd72ced9d6b652c5c130070b86ecdc1cfe..4eb88c9fc83ce7e99e14e8b004f71930b422d89a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/syscall-counts-by-pid-report
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/syscall-counts-by-pid-report
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ if [ $# -gt 0 ] ; then
 	shift
     fi
 fi
-perf trace $@ -s ~/libexec/perf-core/scripts/python/syscall-counts-by-pid.py $comm
+perf trace $@ -s "$PERF_EXEC_PATH"/scripts/python/syscall-counts-by-pid.py $comm
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/syscall-counts-report b/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/syscall-counts-report
index dc076b618796fa999b3024540c9c747a2da4553a..cb2f9c5cf17e825972870c5c934500672e8bd15e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/syscall-counts-report
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/syscall-counts-report
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ if [ $# -gt 0 ] ; then
 	shift
     fi
 fi
-perf trace $@ -s ~/libexec/perf-core/scripts/python/syscall-counts.py $comm
+perf trace $@ -s "$PERF_EXEC_PATH"/scripts/python/syscall-counts.py $comm