diff --git a/tools/perf/util/c++/clang.cpp b/tools/perf/util/c++/clang.cpp
index bf31ceab33bd..89512504551b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/c++/clang.cpp
+++ b/tools/perf/util/c++/clang.cpp
@@ -146,8 +146,15 @@ getBPFObjectFromModule(llvm::Module *Module)
 	raw_svector_ostream ostream(*Buffer);
 
 	legacy::PassManager PM;
-	if (TargetMachine->addPassesToEmitFile(PM, ostream,
-					       TargetMachine::CGFT_ObjectFile)) {
+	bool NotAdded;
+#if CLANG_VERSION_MAJOR < 7
+	NotAdded = TargetMachine->addPassesToEmitFile(PM, ostream,
+						      TargetMachine::CGFT_ObjectFile);
+#else
+	NotAdded = TargetMachine->addPassesToEmitFile(PM, ostream, nullptr,
+						      TargetMachine::CGFT_ObjectFile);
+#endif
+	if (NotAdded) {
 		llvm::errs() << "TargetMachine can't emit a file of this type\n";
 		return std::unique_ptr<llvm::SmallVectorImpl<char>>(nullptr);;
 	}