diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/llvm.c b/tools/perf/tests/llvm.c
index 98da8a8757ab..33e43cce9064 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/llvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/llvm.c
@@ -67,12 +67,11 @@ test_llvm__fetch_bpf_obj(void **p_obj_buf,
 
 	/*
 	 * Skip this test if user's .perfconfig doesn't set [llvm] section
-	 * and clang is not found in $PATH, and this is not perf test -v
+	 * and clang is not found in $PATH
 	 */
-	if (!force && (verbose <= 0 &&
-		       !llvm_param.user_set_param &&
+	if (!force && (!llvm_param.user_set_param &&
 		       llvm__search_clang())) {
-		pr_debug("No clang and no verbosive, skip this test\n");
+		pr_debug("No clang, skip this test\n");
 		return TEST_SKIP;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c b/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c
index cec9c16efb17..d95c56d175bc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c
@@ -585,5 +585,5 @@ int llvm__search_clang(void)
 {
 	char clang_path[PATH_MAX];
 
-	return search_program(llvm_param.clang_path, "clang", clang_path);
+	return search_program_and_warn(llvm_param.clang_path, "clang", clang_path);
 }