diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 536f6f90af92a4b60c8556ee3e263d516550d1b0..f6e609673de2b816850c6bff1f09ced894ac643e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ arch_errno_hdr_dir := $(srctree)/tools
 arch_errno_tbl := $(srctree)/tools/perf/trace/beauty/arch_errno_names.sh
 
 $(arch_errno_name_array): $(arch_errno_tbl)
-	$(Q)$(SHELL) '$(arch_errno_tbl)' $(firstword $(CC)) $(arch_errno_hdr_dir) > $@
+	$(Q)$(SHELL) '$(arch_errno_tbl)' '$(patsubst -%,,$(CC))' $(arch_errno_hdr_dir) > $@
 
 sync_file_range_arrays := $(beauty_outdir)/sync_file_range_arrays.c
 sync_file_range_tbls := $(srctree)/tools/perf/trace/beauty/sync_file_range.sh