diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/scripts.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/scripts.c
index 586a21acc13d..3b81075b8da8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/scripts.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/scripts.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "../../builtin.h"
 #include "../../perf.h"
 #include "../../util/util.h"
+#include "../util.h"
 #include "../../util/hist.h"
 #include "../../util/debug.h"
 #include "../../util/symbol.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/setup.c b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/setup.c
index 1a2616b97b5c..f5eee4d66873 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/setup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/setup.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "gtk.h"
-#include "../../util/debug.h"
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include "../util.h"
 
 extern struct perf_error_ops perf_gtk_eops;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.h b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
index b2deee987ffa..d25ae1c4cee9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 #ifndef __PERF_DEBUG_H
 #define __PERF_DEBUG_H
 
+#include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
-#include "../ui/util.h"
 
 extern int verbose;
 extern bool quiet, dump_trace;