diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf.nix
index 9e572498457..76f2662f21b 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   # Note: we don't add elfutils to buildInputs, since it provides a
   # bad `ld' and other stuff.
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=cpp -Wno-error=bool-compare -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations";
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [
+    "-Wno-error=cpp" "-Wno-error=bool-compare" "-Wno-error=deprecated-declarations"
+    "-Wno-error=unused-const-variable" "-Wno-error=misleading-indentation"
+  ];
 
   installFlags = "install install-man ASCIIDOC8=1";