1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.c b/tools/perf/util/config.c
index 57ff826f150b..c802236b2bfe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.c
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ static int buildid_dir_command_config(const char *var, const char *value,
         const char *v;
 
         /* same dir for all commands */
-        if (!prefixcmp(var, "buildid.") && !strcmp(var + 8, "dir")) {
+        if (!strcmp(var, "buildid.dir")) {
                 v = perf_config_dirname(var, value);
                 if (!v)
                         return -1;