diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index 8ab0d7da956b..4ea7ce72ed9c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
-#include <uapi/linux/mman.h> /* To get things like MAP_HUGETLB even on older libc headers */
+#include <linux/mman.h> /* To get things like MAP_HUGETLB even on older libc headers */
 #include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include "event.h"
 #include "debug.h"