diff --git a/tools/arch/alpha/include/asm/barrier.h b/tools/arch/alpha/include/asm/barrier.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..95df19c95482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/arch/alpha/include/asm/barrier.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef __TOOLS_LINUX_ASM_ALPHA_BARRIER_H
+#define __TOOLS_LINUX_ASM_ALPHA_BARRIER_H
+
+#define mb()	__asm__ __volatile__("mb": : :"memory")
+#define rmb()	__asm__ __volatile__("mb": : :"memory")
+#define wmb()	__asm__ __volatile__("wmb": : :"memory")
+
+#endif		/* __TOOLS_LINUX_ASM_ALPHA_BARRIER_H */
diff --git a/tools/include/asm/barrier.h b/tools/include/asm/barrier.h
index 87f6309ef97d..a579a2e85711 100644
--- a/tools/include/asm/barrier.h
+++ b/tools/include/asm/barrier.h
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@
 #include "../../arch/sh/include/asm/barrier.h"
 #elif defined(__sparc__)
 #include "../../arch/sparc/include/asm/barrier.h"
+#elif defined(__alpha__)
+#include "../../arch/alpha/include/asm/barrier.h"
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/MANIFEST b/tools/perf/MANIFEST
index ee692408f8dd..9919ee3eae52 100644
--- a/tools/perf/MANIFEST
+++ b/tools/perf/MANIFEST
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 tools/perf
+tools/arch/alpha/include/asm/barrier.h
 tools/arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h
 tools/arch/s390/include/asm/barrier.h
 tools/arch/sh/include/asm/barrier.h
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf-sys.h b/tools/perf/perf-sys.h
index b3e911afa1de..4710f057150d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf-sys.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf-sys.h
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __alpha__
-#define mb()		asm volatile("mb" ::: "memory")
-#define wmb()		asm volatile("wmb" ::: "memory")
-#define rmb()		asm volatile("mb" ::: "memory")
 #define CPUINFO_PROC	{"cpu model"}
 #endif