diff --git a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/prctl_option.sh b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/prctl_option.sh
index 0be4138fbe71..f24722146ebe 100755
--- a/tools/perf/trace/beauty/prctl_option.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/trace/beauty/prctl_option.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-header_dir=$1
+[ $# -eq 1 ] && header_dir=$1 || header_dir=tools/include/uapi/linux/
 
 printf "static const char *prctl_options[] = {\n"
 regex='^#define[[:space:]]+PR_([GS]ET\w+)[[:space:]]*([[:xdigit:]]+).*'