diff --git a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfconfigwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfconfigwidget.cpp
index eceae43a042..5eefee9c22d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfconfigwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfconfigwidget.cpp
@@ -144,12 +144,8 @@ void PerfConfigWidget::setTarget(ProjectExplorer::Target *target)
     QTC_ASSERT(device, return);
     QTC_CHECK(!m_process || m_process->state() == QProcess::NotRunning);
 
-    m_process.reset(device->createProcess(nullptr));
-    if (!m_process) {
-        useTracePointsButton->setEnabled(false);
-        return;
-    }
-
+    m_process.reset(new QtcProcess);
+    m_process->setCommand({device->mapToGlobalPath("perf"), {"probe", "-l"}});
     connect(m_process.get(), &QtcProcess::done,
             this, &PerfConfigWidget::handleProcessDone);
 
@@ -174,7 +170,6 @@ void PerfConfigWidget::readTracePoints()
     messageBox.setText(tr("Replace events with trace points read from the device?"));
     messageBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Yes | QMessageBox::No);
     if (messageBox.exec() == QMessageBox::Yes) {
-        m_process->setCommand({"perf", {"probe", "-l"}});
         m_process->start();
         useTracePointsButton->setEnabled(false);
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilerruncontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilerruncontrol.cpp
index f08345e805c..3d78d1f1723 100644
--- a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilerruncontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilerruncontrol.cpp
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public:
 
     void start() override
     {
-        m_process = device()->createProcess(this);
+        m_process = new QtcProcess(this);
         if (!m_process) {
             reportFailure(tr("Could not start device process."));
             return;
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public:
 
         Runnable perfRunnable = runnable();
 
-        CommandLine cmd({"perf", {"record"}});
+        CommandLine cmd({device()->mapToGlobalPath("perf"), {"record"}});
         cmd.addArgs(m_perfRecordArguments);
         cmd.addArgs({"-o", "-", "--"});
         cmd.addCommandLineAsArgs(perfRunnable.command, CommandLine::Raw);
diff --git a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perftracepointdialog.cpp b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perftracepointdialog.cpp
index 3f37a74fe8f..9ee65b601ef 100644
--- a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perftracepointdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perftracepointdialog.cpp
@@ -89,15 +89,15 @@ void PerfTracePointDialog::runScript()
     m_ui->privilegesChooser->setEnabled(false);
     m_ui->buttonBox->button(QDialogButtonBox::Ok)->setEnabled(false);
 
-    m_process.reset(m_device->createProcess(this));
+    m_process.reset(new QtcProcess(this));
     m_process->setWriteData(m_ui->textEdit->toPlainText().toUtf8());
     m_ui->textEdit->clear();
 
     const QString elevate = m_ui->privilegesChooser->currentText();
     if (elevate != QLatin1String("n.a."))
-        m_process->setCommand({FilePath::fromString(elevate), {"sh"}});
+        m_process->setCommand({m_device->mapToGlobalPath(FilePath::fromString(elevate)), {"sh"}});
     else
-        m_process->setCommand({"sh", {}});
+        m_process->setCommand({m_device->mapToGlobalPath("sh"), {}});
 
     connect(m_process.get(), &QtcProcess::done, this, &PerfTracePointDialog::handleProcessDone);
     m_process->start();