diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 31a07f95fd98fc32396f4c36b4dcf9556189728b..5216ade909d013059a7a1c6d4e35ead10885c73d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -743,11 +743,9 @@ ifeq ($(NO_PERF_REGS),0)
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_PERF_REGS
 endif
 
-ifdef NO_STRLCPY
-	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_STRLCPY
-else
-	ifneq ($(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_STRLCPY),),y)
-		BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_STRLCPY
+ifndef NO_STRLCPY
+	ifeq ($(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_STRLCPY),),y)
+		BASIC_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_STRLCPY
 	endif
 endif
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cache.h b/tools/perf/util/cache.h
index 07aec06e44435e9974d39b9042ff3fdb353e6d95..2bd51370ad28867bec442ab2cb72c49e9652dc36 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cache.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cache.h
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ extern char *perf_path(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2
 extern char *perf_pathdup(const char *fmt, ...)
 	__attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)));
 
-#ifdef NO_STRLCPY
+#ifndef HAVE_STRLCPY
 extern size_t strlcpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t size);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/path.c b/tools/perf/util/path.c
index bd74977114242ff465af39a291d30aa7d463f3b2..a8c49548ca48f5bc4f7ae14134ee57d7779b46e8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/path.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/path.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static const char *get_perf_dir(void)
 	return ".";
 }
 
-#ifdef NO_STRLCPY
+#ifndef HAVE_STRLCPY
 size_t strlcpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t size)
 {
 	size_t ret = strlen(src);