diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h b/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
index f2b5d72a46c2..2056318988f7 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
@@ -857,9 +857,11 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_openat2, sys_openat2)
 __SYSCALL(__NR_pidfd_getfd, sys_pidfd_getfd)
 #define __NR_faccessat2 439
 __SYSCALL(__NR_faccessat2, sys_faccessat2)
+#define __NR_process_madvise 440
+__SYSCALL(__NR_process_madvise, sys_process_madvise)
 
 #undef __NR_syscalls
-#define __NR_syscalls 440
+#define __NR_syscalls 441
 
 /*
  * 32 bit systems traditionally used different
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
index 347809649ba2..379819244b91 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
@@ -361,12 +361,13 @@
 437	common	openat2			sys_openat2
 438	common	pidfd_getfd		sys_pidfd_getfd
 439	common	faccessat2		sys_faccessat2
+440	common	process_madvise		sys_process_madvise
 
 #
-# x32-specific system call numbers start at 512 to avoid cache impact
-# for native 64-bit operation. The __x32_compat_sys stubs are created
-# on-the-fly for compat_sys_*() compatibility system calls if X86_X32
-# is defined.
+# Due to a historical design error, certain syscalls are numbered differently
+# in x32 as compared to native x86_64.  These syscalls have numbers 512-547.
+# Do not add new syscalls to this range.  Numbers 548 and above are available
+# for non-x32 use.
 #
 512	x32	rt_sigaction		compat_sys_rt_sigaction
 513	x32	rt_sigreturn		compat_sys_x32_rt_sigreturn
@@ -404,3 +405,5 @@
 545	x32	execveat		compat_sys_execveat
 546	x32	preadv2			compat_sys_preadv64v2
 547	x32	pwritev2		compat_sys_pwritev64v2
+# This is the end of the legacy x32 range.  Numbers 548 and above are
+# not special and are not to be used for x32-specific syscalls.