diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 67e9adbe6ee8..bfdaefd500ab 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ $(madvise_behavior_array): $(madvise_hdr_dir)/mman-common.h $(madvise_behavior_t
 mmap_flags_array := $(beauty_outdir)/mmap_flags_array.c
 mmap_flags_tbl := $(srctree)/tools/perf/trace/beauty/mmap_flags.sh
 
-$(mmap_flags_array): $(asm_generic_uapi_dir)/mman.h $(asm_generic_uapi_dir)/mman-common.h $(arch_asm_uapi_dir)/mman.h $(mmap_flags_tbl)
+$(mmap_flags_array): $(asm_generic_uapi_dir)/mman.h $(asm_generic_uapi_dir)/mman-common.h $(mmap_flags_tbl)
 	$(Q)$(SHELL) '$(mmap_flags_tbl)' $(asm_generic_uapi_dir) $(arch_asm_uapi_dir) > $@
 
 mount_flags_array := $(beauty_outdir)/mount_flags_array.c
diff --git a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/mmap_flags.sh b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/mmap_flags.sh
index 22c3fdca8975..cd41023107d7 100755
--- a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/mmap_flags.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/mmap_flags.sh
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ egrep -q $regex ${arch_mman} && \
 (egrep $regex ${arch_mman} | \
 	sed -r "s/$regex/\2 \1/g"	| \
 	xargs printf "\t[ilog2(%s) + 1] = \"%s\",\n")
-egrep -q '#[[:space:]]*include[[:space:]]+<uapi/asm-generic/mman.*' ${arch_mman} &&
+[ ! -f ${arch_mman} || egrep -q '#[[:space:]]*include[[:space:]]+<uapi/asm-generic/mman.*' ${arch_mman} ] &&
 (egrep $regex ${header_dir}/mman-common.h | \
 	egrep -vw 'MAP_(UNINITIALIZED|TYPE|SHARED_VALIDATE)' | \
 	sed -r "s/$regex/\2 \1/g"	| \
 	xargs printf "\t[ilog2(%s) + 1] = \"%s\",\n")
-egrep -q '#[[:space:]]*include[[:space:]]+<uapi/asm-generic/mman.h>.*' ${arch_mman} &&
+[ ! -f ${arch_mman} || egrep -q '#[[:space:]]*include[[:space:]]+<uapi/asm-generic/mman.h>.*' ${arch_mman} ] &&
 (egrep $regex ${header_dir}/mman.h | \
 	sed -r "s/$regex/\2 \1/g"	| \
 	xargs printf "\t[ilog2(%s) + 1] = \"%s\",\n")