diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf/default.nix
index 15f92157e147..0d639531e840 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf/default.nix
@@ -57,13 +57,12 @@ in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "perf-linux";
-  version = kernel.version;
+  inherit (kernel) version src;
 
-  inherit (kernel) src;
-
-  # Fix 6.10.0 holding pkg-config completely wrong.
-  # Patches from perf-tools-next, should be in 6.11 or hopefully backported.
-  patches = lib.optionals (lib.versions.majorMinor kernel.version == "6.10") [
+  patches = [
+    # fix wrong path to dmesg
+    ./fix-dmesg-path.diff
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (lib.versions.majorMinor kernel.version == "6.10") [
     (fetchpatch {
       url = "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-tools-next.git/patch/?id=0f0e1f44569061e3dc590cd0b8cb74d8fd53706b";
       hash = "sha256-9u/zhbsDgwOr4T4k9td/WJYRuSHIfbtfS+oNx8nbOlM=";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf/fix-dmesg-path.diff b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf/fix-dmesg-path.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0bc3300a2eaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf/fix-dmesg-path.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c	2023-10-20 15:50:53.011023294 +0200
++++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c	2023-10-20 15:51:03.205997633 +0200
+@@ -3076,7 +3076,7 @@
+ 
+ 	return scnprintf(msg, size,
+ 	"The sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with %d (%s) for event (%s).\n"
+-	"/bin/dmesg | grep -i perf may provide additional information.\n",
++	"\"dmesg | grep -i perf\" may provide additional information.\n",
+ 			 err, str_error_r(err, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)), evsel__name(evsel));
+ }
+