diff --git a/tools/include/linux/kernel.h b/tools/include/linux/kernel.h
index adb4d0147755..73ccc48126bb 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
 
 #ifndef UINT_MAX
 #define UINT_MAX	(~0U)
@@ -76,6 +77,8 @@
 int vscnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args);
 int scnprintf(char * buf, size_t size, const char * fmt, ...);
 
+#define ARRAY_SIZE(arr) (sizeof(arr) / sizeof((arr)[0]) + __must_be_array(arr))
+
 /*
  * This looks more complex than it should be. But we need to
  * get the type for the ~ right in round_down (it needs to be
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index df13658377e4..3eccd6f21d17 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef GIT_COMPAT_UTIL_H
 #define GIT_COMPAT_UTIL_H
 
-#define ARRAY_SIZE(x) (sizeof(x)/sizeof(x[0]))
-
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #define TYPEOF(x) (__typeof__(x))
 #else