1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 652a470b5f74..07f596d29e9a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -250,6 +250,12 @@ PTHREAD_LIBS = -lpthread
 # explicitly what architecture to check for. Fix this up for yours..
 SPARSE_FLAGS = -D__BIG_ENDIAN__ -D__powerpc__
 
+ifeq ($(V), 2)
+        QUIET_STDERR = ">/dev/null"
+else
+        QUIET_STDERR = ">/dev/null 2>&1"
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(shell sh -c "echo 'int foo(void) {char X[2]; return 3;}' | $(CC) -x c -c -Werror -fstack-protector-all - -o /dev/null "$(QUIET_STDERR)" && echo y"), y)
   CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -fstack-protector-all
 endif
@@ -451,11 +457,6 @@ BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin-kmem.o
 
 PERFLIBS = $(LIB_FILE)
 
-ifeq ($(V), 2)
-        QUIET_STDERR = ">/dev/null"
-else
-        QUIET_STDERR = ">/dev/null 2>&1"
-endif
 #
 # Platform specific tweaks
 #