diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile b/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile
index 42261a9b280e..ac841bc5c35b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ $(MAN_HTML): $(OUTPUT)%.html : %.txt
 	mv $@+ $@
 
 ifdef USE_ASCIIDOCTOR
-$(OUTPUT)%.1 $(OUTPUT)%.5 $(OUTPUT)%.7 : $(OUTPUT)%.txt
+$(OUTPUT)%.1 $(OUTPUT)%.5 $(OUTPUT)%.7 : %.txt
 	$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
 	$(ASCIIDOC) -b manpage -d manpage \
 		$(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -aperf_version=$(PERF_VERSION) -o $@+ $< && \