1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index f5905f2b197d..861379ec7632 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ CORE_FEATURE_TESTS =			\
         libunwind                       \
         on-exit                         \
         stackprotector                  \
-        stackprotector-all
+        stackprotector-all              \
+        timerfd
 
 #
 # So here we detect whether test-all was rebuilt, to be able
@@ -405,7 +406,6 @@ else
   endif
 endif
 
-$(call feature_check,timerfd)
 ifeq ($(feature-timerfd), 1)
   CFLAGS += -DHAVE_TIMERFD_SUPPORT
 else