diff --git a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/drm_ioctl.sh b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/drm_ioctl.sh
index 2149d3a98e425607c5d95888cc65a291a5c95c17..9d3816815e60f48ff8ef8f6b77faf779a6d9bd1b 100755
--- a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/drm_ioctl.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/drm_ioctl.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-drm_header_dir=$1
+[ $# -eq 1 ] && header_dir=$1 || header_dir=tools/include/uapi/drm/
+
 printf "#ifndef DRM_COMMAND_BASE\n"
-grep "#define DRM_COMMAND_BASE" $drm_header_dir/drm.h
+grep "#define DRM_COMMAND_BASE" $header_dir/drm.h
 printf "#endif\n"
 
 printf "static const char *drm_ioctl_cmds[] = {\n"
-grep "^#define DRM_IOCTL.*DRM_IO" $drm_header_dir/drm.h | \
+grep "^#define DRM_IOCTL.*DRM_IO" $header_dir/drm.h | \
 	sed -r 's/^#define +DRM_IOCTL_([A-Z0-9_]+)[	 ]+DRM_IO[A-Z]* *\( *(0x[[:xdigit:]]+),*.*/	[\2] = "\1",/g'
-grep "^#define DRM_I915_[A-Z_0-9]\+[	 ]\+0x" $drm_header_dir/i915_drm.h | \
+grep "^#define DRM_I915_[A-Z_0-9]\+[	 ]\+0x" $header_dir/i915_drm.h | \
 	sed -r 's/^#define +DRM_I915_([A-Z0-9_]+)[	 ]+(0x[[:xdigit:]]+)/\t[DRM_COMMAND_BASE + \2] = "I915_\1",/g'
 printf "};\n"
diff --git a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/kcmp_type.sh b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/kcmp_type.sh
index 40d063b8c0820075a3173277e724bf88e2297825..a3c304caa336572baaa59d48b684b7413918429a 100755
--- a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/kcmp_type.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/kcmp_type.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-header_dir=$1
+[ $# -eq 1 ] && header_dir=$1 || header_dir=tools/include/uapi/linux/
 
 printf "static const char *kcmp_types[] = {\n"
 regex='^[[:space:]]+(KCMP_(\w+)),'
diff --git a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/kvm_ioctl.sh b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/kvm_ioctl.sh
index bd28817afced04c6ebae4e47a6ced11dbc6e635a..c4699fd46bb64a3230232e452b366551a17c3609 100755
--- a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/kvm_ioctl.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/kvm_ioctl.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-kvm_header_dir=$1
+[ $# -eq 1 ] && header_dir=$1 || header_dir=tools/include/uapi/linux/
 
 printf "static const char *kvm_ioctl_cmds[] = {\n"
 regex='^#[[:space:]]*define[[:space:]]+KVM_(\w+)[[:space:]]+_IO[RW]*\([[:space:]]*KVMIO[[:space:]]*,[[:space:]]*(0x[[:xdigit:]]+).*'
-egrep $regex ${kvm_header_dir}/kvm.h	| \
+egrep $regex ${header_dir}/kvm.h	| \
 	sed -r "s/$regex/\2 \1/g"	| \
 	egrep -v " ((ARM|PPC|S390)_|[GS]ET_(DEBUGREGS|PIT2|XSAVE|TSC_KHZ)|CREATE_SPAPR_TCE_64)" | \
 	sort | xargs printf "\t[%s] = \"%s\",\n"
diff --git a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/madvise_behavior.sh b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/madvise_behavior.sh
index 60ef8640ee701c61ef232fd0ecc37f86cf006418..431639eb4d29a9c35011f6d11d20d46ec92d9b09 100755
--- a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/madvise_behavior.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/madvise_behavior.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-header_dir=$1
+[ $# -eq 1 ] && header_dir=$1 || header_dir=tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/
 
 printf "static const char *madvise_advices[] = {\n"
 regex='^[[:space:]]*#[[:space:]]*define[[:space:]]+MADV_([[:alnum:]_]+)[[:space:]]+([[:digit:]]+)[[:space:]]*.*'
diff --git a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/perf_ioctl.sh b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/perf_ioctl.sh
index faea4237c793d63ba3f518c2b179e0fded5295fb..6492c74df928df48bca7cf49214b272eefbe13ac 100755
--- a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/perf_ioctl.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/perf_ioctl.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-header_dir=$1
+[ $# -eq 1 ] && header_dir=$1 || header_dir=tools/include/uapi/linux/
 
 printf "static const char *perf_ioctl_cmds[] = {\n"
 regex='^#[[:space:]]*define[[:space:]]+PERF_EVENT_IOC_(\w+)[[:space:]]+_IO[RW]*[[:space:]]*\([[:space:]]*.\$.[[:space:]]*,[[:space:]]*([[:digit:]]+).*'
diff --git a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/pkey_alloc_access_rights.sh b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/pkey_alloc_access_rights.sh
index 62e51a02b8398b4c62a0180308646892001e7e63..e0a51aeb20b21a8cde5eee01336b2b11af4fef7f 100755
--- a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/pkey_alloc_access_rights.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/pkey_alloc_access_rights.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-header_dir=$1
+[ $# -eq 1 ] && header_dir=$1 || header_dir=tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/
 
 printf "static const char *pkey_alloc_access_rights[] = {\n"
 regex='^[[:space:]]*#[[:space:]]*define[[:space:]]+PKEY_([[:alnum:]_]+)[[:space:]]+(0x[[:xdigit:]]+)[[:space:]]*'
diff --git a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/sndrv_ctl_ioctl.sh b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/sndrv_ctl_ioctl.sh
index aad5ab130539987db15336b233d50a3d03ef4082..eb511bb5fbd3211697aa1821c66dde2e78f5267e 100755
--- a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/sndrv_ctl_ioctl.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/sndrv_ctl_ioctl.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-sound_header_dir=$1
+[ $# -eq 1 ] && header_dir=$1 || header_dir=tools/include/uapi/sound/
 
 printf "static const char *sndrv_ctl_ioctl_cmds[] = {\n"
-grep "^#define[\t ]\+SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_" $sound_header_dir/asound.h | \
+grep "^#define[\t ]\+SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_" $header_dir/asound.h | \
 	sed -r 's/^#define +SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_([A-Z0-9_]+)[\t ]+_IO[RW]*\( *.U., *(0x[[:xdigit:]]+),?.*/\t[\2] = \"\1\",/g'
 printf "};\n"
diff --git a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/sndrv_pcm_ioctl.sh b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/sndrv_pcm_ioctl.sh
index b7e9ef6b2f558feae0c1ec1fb6fe94055c4bf903..6818392968b24f130f82896a41f65b15471458f0 100755
--- a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/sndrv_pcm_ioctl.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/sndrv_pcm_ioctl.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-sound_header_dir=$1
+[ $# -eq 1 ] && header_dir=$1 || header_dir=tools/include/uapi/sound/
 
 printf "static const char *sndrv_pcm_ioctl_cmds[] = {\n"
-grep "^#define[\t ]\+SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_" $sound_header_dir/asound.h | \
+grep "^#define[\t ]\+SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_" $header_dir/asound.h | \
 	sed -r 's/^#define +SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_([A-Z0-9_]+)[\t ]+_IO[RW]*\( *.A., *(0x[[:xdigit:]]+),?.*/\t[\2] = \"\1\",/g'
 printf "};\n"
diff --git a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/vhost_virtio_ioctl.sh b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/vhost_virtio_ioctl.sh
index 76f1de6977870acf19cd533e518733e15d0c535f..0f6a5197d0bede8456bcf00d702ff4a51bf39b9d 100755
--- a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/vhost_virtio_ioctl.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/vhost_virtio_ioctl.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-vhost_virtio_header_dir=$1
+[ $# -eq 1 ] && header_dir=$1 || header_dir=tools/include/uapi/linux/
 
 printf "static const char *vhost_virtio_ioctl_cmds[] = {\n"
 regex='^#[[:space:]]*define[[:space:]]+VHOST_(\w+)[[:space:]]+_IOW?\([[:space:]]*VHOST_VIRTIO[[:space:]]*,[[:space:]]*(0x[[:xdigit:]]+).*'
-egrep $regex ${vhost_virtio_header_dir}/vhost.h | \
+egrep $regex ${header_dir}/vhost.h | \
 	sed -r "s/$regex/\2 \1/g"	| \
 	sort | xargs printf "\t[%s] = \"%s\",\n"
 printf "};\n"
 
 printf "static const char *vhost_virtio_ioctl_read_cmds[] = {\n"
 regex='^#[[:space:]]*define[[:space:]]+VHOST_(\w+)[[:space:]]+_IOW?R\([[:space:]]*VHOST_VIRTIO[[:space:]]*,[[:space:]]*(0x[[:xdigit:]]+).*'
-egrep $regex ${vhost_virtio_header_dir}/vhost.h | \
+egrep $regex ${header_dir}/vhost.h | \
 	sed -r "s/$regex/\2 \1/g"	| \
 	sort | xargs printf "\t[%s] = \"%s\",\n"
 printf "};\n"