diff --git a/tools/perf/check-headers.sh b/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
index cbcc3590098c..e2e0f06c97d0 100755
--- a/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
@@ -26,12 +26,8 @@ include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
 arch/x86/include/asm/disabled-features.h
 arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h
 arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
-arch/x86/include/asm/inat.h
 arch/x86/include/asm/inat_types.h
-arch/x86/include/asm/insn.h
 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/prctl.h
-arch/x86/lib/inat.c
-arch/x86/lib/insn.c
 arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt
 arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
 arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h
@@ -116,6 +112,10 @@ check include/uapi/asm-generic/mman.h '-I "^#include <\(uapi/\)*asm-generic/mman
 check include/uapi/linux/mman.h       '-I "^#include <\(uapi/\)*asm/mman.h>"'
 check include/linux/ctype.h	      '-I "isdigit("'
 check lib/ctype.c		      '-I "^EXPORT_SYMBOL" -I "^#include <linux/export.h>" -B'
+check arch/x86/include/asm/inat.h     '-I "^#include [\"<]\(asm/\)*inat_types.h[\">]"'
+check arch/x86/include/asm/insn.h     '-I "^#include [\"<]\(asm/\)*inat.h[\">]"'
+check arch/x86/lib/inat.c	      '-I "^#include [\"<]\(../include/\)*asm/insn.h[\">]"'
+check arch/x86/lib/insn.c	      '-I "^#include [\"<]\(../include/\)*asm/in\(at\|sn\).h[\">]"'
 
 # diff non-symmetric files
 check_2 tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl