diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index f050f38d8fa3..12dec6ea5ed2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ else
   NO_PERF_READ_VDSOX32 := 1
 endif
 
-ifdef LIBBABELTRACE
+ifndef NO_LIBBABELTRACE
   $(call feature_check,libbabeltrace)
   ifeq ($(feature-libbabeltrace), 1)
     CFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBBABELTRACE_SUPPORT $(LIBBABELTRACE_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 68cf1360a3f3..9fdefd748e2e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ include ../scripts/utilities.mak
 #
 # Define NO_ZLIB if you do not want to support compressed kernel modules
 #
-# Define LIBBABELTRACE if you DO want libbabeltrace support
+# Define NO_LIBBABELTRACE if you do not want libbabeltrace support
 # for CTF data format.
 #
 # Define NO_LZMA if you do not want to support compressed (xz) kernel modules