diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 36c58591fd37..5b4698c7bd6d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2190de2f59b3a371f7a5bf8dcc7a0c3f71723679
+refs/heads/master: 869599ceda4a035cdb3345c563b74cdeef10f790
diff --git a/trunk/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN b/trunk/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
index 1b32e8c0253f..97d76562a1a0 100755
--- a/trunk/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/trunk/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
@@ -5,17 +5,13 @@ if [ $# -eq 1 ]  ; then
 fi
 
 GVF=${OUTPUT}PERF-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v0.0.2.PERF
 
 LF='
 '
 
-# First see if there is a version file (included in release tarballs),
-# then try git-describe, then default.
-if test -f version
-then
-	VN=$(cat version) || VN="$DEF_VER"
-elif test -d ../../.git -o -f ../../.git &&
+# First check if there is a .git to get the version from git describe
+# otherwise try to get the version from the kernel makefile
+if test -d ../../.git -o -f ../../.git &&
 	VN=$(git describe --abbrev=4 HEAD 2>/dev/null) &&
 	case "$VN" in
 	*$LF*) (exit 1) ;;
@@ -27,7 +23,12 @@ elif test -d ../../.git -o -f ../../.git &&
 then
 	VN=$(echo "$VN" | sed -e 's/-/./g');
 else
-	VN="$DEF_VER"
+	eval `grep '^VERSION\s*=' ../../Makefile|tr -d ' '`
+	eval `grep '^PATCHLEVEL\s*=' ../../Makefile|tr -d ' '`
+	eval `grep '^SUBLEVEL\s*=' ../../Makefile|tr -d ' '`
+	eval `grep '^EXTRAVERSION\s*=' ../../Makefile|tr -d ' '`
+
+	VN="${VERSION}.${PATCHLEVEL}.${SUBLEVEL}${EXTRAVERSION}"
 fi
 
 VN=$(expr "$VN" : v*'\(.*\)')