diff --git a/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
index 2846094aad4d004ca4168dc5967b9e6ffa6e3dc3..c13e6f7d5a2a3c737fe10a978ded28aa305e6313 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 /* &a[0] degrades to a pointer: a different type from an array */
 #define __must_be_array(a)	BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(__same_type((a), &(a)[0]))
 
+#define  noinline	__attribute__((noinline))
+
 #define __noreturn	__attribute__((noreturn))
 
 #define __printf(a, b)	__attribute__((format(printf, a, b)))
diff --git a/tools/include/linux/compiler.h b/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
index 23299d7e71602efd2bd317786ca5fc800b2ed4a2..8b129e314c7e15f374957e8f975e1093058ff5ef 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 # define __always_inline	inline __attribute__((always_inline))
 #endif
 
+#ifndef noinline
+#define noinline
+#endif
+
 /* Are two types/vars the same type (ignoring qualifiers)? */
 #ifndef __same_type
 # define __same_type(a, b) __builtin_types_compatible_p(typeof(a), typeof(b))
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/bp_signal.c b/tools/perf/tests/bp_signal.c
index 8ba2c4618fe90231d1157e8218bf10a2cb82f6a0..39bbb97cd30aac7704d460e0093c1d82769facf5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/bp_signal.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/bp_signal.c
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ static void __test_function(volatile long *ptr)
 }
 #endif
 
-__attribute__ ((noinline))
-static int test_function(void)
+static noinline int test_function(void)
 {
 	__test_function(&the_var);
 	the_var++;
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/bp_signal_overflow.c b/tools/perf/tests/bp_signal_overflow.c
index 89f92fa67cc4c48f6804ecde82532765e6e27932..3b1ac6f31b154412a71e56be084b0f033dff6b3a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/bp_signal_overflow.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/bp_signal_overflow.c
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@
 
 static int overflows;
 
-__attribute__ ((noinline))
-static int test_function(void)
+static noinline int test_function(void)
 {
 	return time(NULL);
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/dwarf-unwind.c b/tools/perf/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
index dfe5c89e2049f03fdb1305f8161928fa9f71f37e..3e56d08f799566f3ea69dbd00f018df03497b862 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ static int unwind_entry(struct unwind_entry *entry, void *arg)
 	return strcmp((const char *) symbol, funcs[idx]);
 }
 
-__attribute__ ((noinline))
-static int unwind_thread(struct thread *thread)
+static noinline int unwind_thread(struct thread *thread)
 {
 	struct perf_sample sample;
 	unsigned long cnt = 0;
@@ -108,8 +107,7 @@ static int unwind_thread(struct thread *thread)
 
 static int global_unwind_retval = -INT_MAX;
 
-__attribute__ ((noinline))
-static int compare(void *p1, void *p2)
+static noinline int compare(void *p1, void *p2)
 {
 	/* Any possible value should be 'thread' */
 	struct thread *thread = *(struct thread **)p1;
@@ -128,8 +126,7 @@ static int compare(void *p1, void *p2)
 	return p1 - p2;
 }
 
-__attribute__ ((noinline))
-static int krava_3(struct thread *thread)
+static noinline int krava_3(struct thread *thread)
 {
 	struct thread *array[2] = {thread, thread};
 	void *fp = &bsearch;
@@ -147,14 +144,12 @@ static int krava_3(struct thread *thread)
 	return global_unwind_retval;
 }
 
-__attribute__ ((noinline))
-static int krava_2(struct thread *thread)
+static noinline int krava_2(struct thread *thread)
 {
 	return krava_3(thread);
 }
 
-__attribute__ ((noinline))
-static int krava_1(struct thread *thread)
+static noinline int krava_1(struct thread *thread)
 {
 	return krava_2(thread);
 }