diff --git a/tools/perf/perf-sys.h b/tools/perf/perf-sys.h
index 4c22c2a66b6ce78c5392ddff91bbfaf723dbce4e..5268a1481d23287a5d97ac791bc63283f2945d7e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf-sys.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf-sys.h
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #ifndef _PERF_SYS_H
 #define _PERF_SYS_H
 
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 
 #if defined(__i386__)
@@ -165,4 +170,21 @@
 #define cpu_relax() barrier()
 #endif
 
+static inline int
+sys_perf_event_open(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
+		      pid_t pid, int cpu, int group_fd,
+		      unsigned long flags)
+{
+	int fd;
+
+	fd = syscall(__NR_perf_event_open, attr, pid, cpu,
+		     group_fd, flags);
+
+#ifdef HAVE_ATTR_TEST
+	if (unlikely(test_attr__enabled))
+		test_attr__open(attr, pid, cpu, fd, group_fd, flags);
+#endif
+	return fd;
+}
+
 #endif /* _PERF_SYS_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index ee959659b778b4a238cd0ab760003f3be917c382..813571b07246b694d7595195f568bd788f219fbb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 #ifndef _PERF_PERF_H
 #define _PERF_PERF_H
 
-#include "perf-sys.h"
-
-#define ACCESS_ONCE(x) (*(volatile typeof(x) *)&(x))
-
 #include <time.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/syscall.h>
-
+#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 
+extern bool test_attr__enabled;
+void test_attr__init(void);
+void test_attr__open(struct perf_event_attr *attr, pid_t pid, int cpu,
+		     int fd, int group_fd, unsigned long flags);
+
+#define HAVE_ATTR_TEST
+#include "perf-sys.h"
+
+#define ACCESS_ONCE(x) (*(volatile typeof(x) *)&(x))
+
 #ifndef NSEC_PER_SEC
 # define NSEC_PER_SEC			1000000000ULL
 #endif
@@ -28,27 +31,6 @@ static inline unsigned long long rdclock(void)
 	return ts.tv_sec * 1000000000ULL + ts.tv_nsec;
 }
 
-extern bool test_attr__enabled;
-void test_attr__init(void);
-void test_attr__open(struct perf_event_attr *attr, pid_t pid, int cpu,
-		     int fd, int group_fd, unsigned long flags);
-
-static inline int
-sys_perf_event_open(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
-		      pid_t pid, int cpu, int group_fd,
-		      unsigned long flags)
-{
-	int fd;
-
-	fd = syscall(__NR_perf_event_open, attr, pid, cpu,
-		     group_fd, flags);
-
-	if (unlikely(test_attr__enabled))
-		test_attr__open(attr, pid, cpu, fd, group_fd, flags);
-
-	return fd;
-}
-
 #define MAX_NR_CPUS			256
 
 extern const char *input_name;