diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 07272a328fbf..bc86151518f3 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: cbf6968098f89d3216d074f06544b5032b344da4
+refs/heads/master: 18acde52b83bd1c8e1d007db519f46d344aa13ed
diff --git a/trunk/tools/perf/Makefile b/trunk/tools/perf/Makefile
index 3ac6b677becd..b86f2ad165ad 100644
--- a/trunk/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/trunk/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64)
         ARCH := x86
 endif
 
+$(shell sh -c 'mkdir -p $(OUTPUT)arch/$(ARCH)/util/' 2> /dev/null)
+
 # CFLAGS and LDFLAGS are for the users to override from the command line.
 
 #