diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 676302441e1454bbd0ca878abe7b6a79efe92e12..99b2bb371bcd364db840cbf6468efc08ba5cb8cb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -543,14 +543,12 @@ ifndef NO_LIBUNWIND
 	LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/unwind.o
 endif
 
-ifdef NO_LIBAUDIT
-	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_LIBAUDIT_SUPPORT
-else
+ifndef NO_LIBAUDIT
 	FLAGS_LIBAUDIT = $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) -laudit
 	ifneq ($(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_LIBAUDIT),$(FLAGS_LIBAUDIT)),y)
 		msg := $(warning No libaudit.h found, disables 'trace' tool, please install audit-libs-devel or libaudit-dev);
-		BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_LIBAUDIT_SUPPORT
 	else
+		BASIC_CFLAGS += -DLIBAUDIT_SUPPORT
 		BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)builtin-trace.o
 		EXTLIBS += -laudit
 	endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index dacae4b8bcb4e5fd532168ef208678ff11393d89..6d50eb0b425196aea150f699cd97ae09b8840ab8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
 	{ "lock",	cmd_lock,	0 },
 	{ "kvm",	cmd_kvm,	0 },
 	{ "test",	cmd_test,	0 },
-#ifndef NO_LIBAUDIT_SUPPORT
+#ifdef LIBAUDIT_SUPPORT
 	{ "trace",	cmd_trace,	0 },
 #endif
 	{ "inject",	cmd_inject,	0 },