diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c
index 58f77fd0f59f..a1184ea64cc6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.c
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ static void create_empty_mapping(const char *output_file)
 		_Exit(1);
 	}
 
-	fprintf(outfp, "#include \"../../pmu-events/pmu-events.h\"\n");
+	fprintf(outfp, "#include \"pmu-events/pmu-events.h\"\n");
 	print_mapping_table_prefix(outfp);
 	print_mapping_table_suffix(outfp);
 	fclose(outfp);
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	/* Include pmu-events.h first */
-	fprintf(eventsfp, "#include \"../../pmu-events/pmu-events.h\"\n");
+	fprintf(eventsfp, "#include \"pmu-events/pmu-events.h\"\n");
 
 	/*
 	 * The mapfile allows multiple CPUids to point to the same JSON file,