1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
index 93f74d8d3cdd..42c3e5a229d2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX] = {
 static char mem_loads_name[100];
 static bool mem_loads_name__init;
 
-char *perf_mem_events__name(int i)
+char * __weak perf_mem_events__name(int i)
 {
         if (i == PERF_MEM_EVENTS__LOAD) {
                 if (!mem_loads_name__init) {