1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/kernel.h b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/kernel.h
index b6842c1d02a8..4af9a10cc2d2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -47,8 +47,12 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifndef BUG_ON
+#ifdef NDEBUG
+#define BUG_ON(cond) do { if (cond) {} } while (0)
+#else
 #define BUG_ON(cond) assert(!(cond))
 #endif
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Both need more care to handle endianness