diff --git a/tools/perf/check-headers.sh b/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
index 88c5f94498093ea3263255d67229247fb5c49fbb..10f333e2e82507977e08c2662b8ef62d2450d20e 100755
--- a/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
@@ -55,17 +55,26 @@ include/uapi/asm-generic/ioctls.h
 include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h
 '
 
-check () {
-  file=$1
+check_2 () {
+  file1=$1
+  file2=$2
 
+  shift
   shift
 
-  cmd="diff $* ../$file ../../$file > /dev/null"
+  cmd="diff $* $file1 $file2 > /dev/null"
 
-  test -f ../../$file &&
+  test -f $file2 &&
   eval $cmd || echo "Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/$file' differs from latest version at '$file'" >&2
 }
 
+check () {
+  file=$1
+
+  shift
+
+  check_2 ../$file ../../$file $*
+}
 
 # Check if we have the kernel headers (tools/perf/../../include), else
 # we're probably on a detached tarball, so no point in trying to check