diff --git a/tools/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h b/tools/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d0f4ecd616cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
+#ifndef _ASM_MIPS_PERF_REGS_H
+#define _ASM_MIPS_PERF_REGS_H
+
+enum perf_event_mips_regs {
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_PC,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R1,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R2,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R3,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R4,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R5,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R6,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R7,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R8,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R9,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R10,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R11,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R12,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R13,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R14,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R15,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R16,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R17,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R18,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R19,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R20,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R21,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R22,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R23,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R24,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R25,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R26,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R27,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R28,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R29,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R30,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_R31,
+	PERF_REG_MIPS_MAX = PERF_REG_MIPS_R31 + 1,
+};
+#endif /* _ASM_MIPS_PERF_REGS_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 406a9519145e..73df23dd664c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(ARCH),mips)
   NO_PERF_REGS := 0
   CFLAGS += -I$(OUTPUT)arch/mips/include/generated
-  CFLAGS += -I../../arch/mips/include/uapi -I../../arch/mips/include/generated/uapi
   LIBUNWIND_LIBS = -lunwind -lunwind-mips
 endif
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/check-headers.sh b/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
index dd8ff287e930..c783558332b8 100755
--- a/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt
 arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
 arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h
 arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h
+arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h
 arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h
 arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h
 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h