1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN b/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
index 6aa34e5afdcf..055fef34b6f6 100755
--- a/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ VN=$(expr "$VN" : v*'\(.*\)')
 
 if test -r $GVF
 then
-        VC=$(sed -e 's/^PERF_VERSION = //' <$GVF)
+        VC=$(sed -e 's/^#define PERF_VERSION "\(.*\)"/\1/' <$GVF)
 else
         VC=unset
 fi
 test "$VN" = "$VC" || {
         echo >&2 "PERF_VERSION = $VN"
-        echo "PERF_VERSION = $VN" >$GVF
+        echo "#define PERF_VERSION \"$VN\"" >$GVF
 }