diff --git a/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN b/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
index 3802cee5e188..59241ff342be 100755
--- a/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ TAG=
 if test -d ../../.git -o -f ../../.git
 then
 	TAG=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --match "v[0-9].[0-9]*" 2>/dev/null )
-	CID=$(git log -1 --abbrev=4 --pretty=format:"%h" 2>/dev/null) && CID="-g$CID"
+	CID=$(git log -1 --abbrev=12 --pretty=format:"%h" 2>/dev/null) && CID="-g$CID"
 elif test -f ../../PERF-VERSION-FILE
 then
 	TAG=$(cut -d' ' -f3 ../../PERF-VERSION-FILE | sed -e 's/\"//g')