diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/asm/alternative-asm.h b/tools/perf/util/include/asm/alternative-asm.h
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+#ifndef _PERF_ASM_ALTERNATIVE_ASM_H
+#define _PERF_ASM_ALTERNATIVE_ASM_H
+
+/* Just disable it so we can build arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S for perf bench: */
+
+#define altinstruction_entry #
+
+#endif