diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/riscv/include/dwarf-regs-table.h b/tools/perf/arch/riscv/include/dwarf-regs-table.h
index 009a4e3c51ab..8c42806d34f1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/riscv/include/dwarf-regs-table.h
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/riscv/include/dwarf-regs-table.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 /* This is included in perf/util/dwarf-regs.c */
 
 #undef REG_DWARFNUM_NAME
-#define REG_DWARFNUM_NAME(reg, idx)	[idx] = "%" #reg
+#define REG_DWARFNUM_NAME(reg, idx)	[idx] = reg
 
 static const char * const riscv_regstr_tbl[] = {
 	REG_DWARFNUM_NAME("%zero", 0),