diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/Makefile b/tools/perf/arch/x86/Makefile
index 1a38e78117ce6f410cc0521e09fedeaa31cf8519..8cc6642fce7a6699e3e3fd816ced37d7ae627f5a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ systbl := $(sys)/syscalltbl.sh
 _dummy := $(shell [ -d '$(out)' ] || mkdir -p '$(out)')
 
 $(header): $(sys)/syscall_64.tbl $(systbl)
-	@(test -d ../../kernel -a -d ../../tools -a -d ../perf && ( \
-        (diff -B arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl ../../arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl >/dev/null) \
-        || echo "Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl' differs from latest version at 'arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl'" >&2 )) || true
 	$(Q)$(SHELL) '$(systbl)' $(sys)/syscall_64.tbl 'x86_64' > $@
 
 clean::
diff --git a/tools/perf/check-headers.sh b/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
index b61f8a4dfca3f3d328dc530fe8644449f3ee0b86..466540ee8ea79f18743658bd76903531829cfffb 100755
--- a/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
@@ -101,4 +101,7 @@ check arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S        '-I "^EXPORT_SYMBOL" -I "^#include <asm/ex
 check include/uapi/asm-generic/mman.h '-I "^#include <\(uapi/\)*asm-generic/mman-common.h>"'
 check include/uapi/linux/mman.h       '-I "^#include <\(uapi/\)*asm/mman.h>"'
 
+# diff non-symmetric files
+check_2 tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
+
 cd tools/perf