diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index b5dd93a76aa1318ab519e754662f17fa1d289bc2..e00f6244cbdaa783c10feb2dff5502bc5c7d51ea 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ static size_t hists__fprintf_nr_sample_events(struct hists *hists, struct report
 	if (perf_evsel__is_group_event(evsel)) {
 		struct evsel *pos;
 
-		perf_evsel__group_desc(evsel, buf, size);
+		evsel__group_desc(evsel, buf, size);
 		evname = buf;
 
 		for_each_group_member(pos, evsel) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/hists.c
index 50c072d2f3d3e49570c68e7a2008a90b70083a36..40b52ae6ca6afcf300a6af7ed6159e538430fdd6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/hists.c
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ int perf_evlist__gtk_browse_hists(struct evlist *evlist,
 				continue;
 
 			if (pos->core.nr_members > 1) {
-				perf_evsel__group_desc(pos, buf, size);
+				evsel__group_desc(pos, buf, size);
 				evname = buf;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
index 37d95627c65fdd624b7c523f8a2d6c5e835a38c0..7d03563b608b059738c2b5cd6ba91c8d07b64ccc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
@@ -2370,7 +2370,7 @@ int symbol__annotate_printf(struct map_symbol *ms, struct evsel *evsel,
 
 	if (perf_evsel__is_group_event(evsel)) {
 		width *= evsel->core.nr_members;
-		perf_evsel__group_desc(evsel, buf, sizeof(buf));
+		evsel__group_desc(evsel, buf, sizeof(buf));
 		evsel_name = buf;
 	}
 
@@ -2519,7 +2519,7 @@ int map_symbol__annotation_dump(struct map_symbol *ms, struct evsel *evsel,
 		goto out_free_filename;
 
 	if (perf_evsel__is_group_event(evsel)) {
-		perf_evsel__group_desc(evsel, buf, sizeof(buf));
+		evsel__group_desc(evsel, buf, sizeof(buf));
 		ev_name = buf;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 167599e8b7941ffc4950dd981c8e37a04101d903..9b3db6d34d37865ee5896649155f58f75639a9c8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ const char *evsel__group_name(struct evsel *evsel)
  *  For record -e 'cycles,instructions' and report --group
  *    'cycles:u, instructions:u'
  */
-int perf_evsel__group_desc(struct evsel *evsel, char *buf, size_t size)
+int evsel__group_desc(struct evsel *evsel, char *buf, size_t size)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct evsel *pos;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 7160f3d49d6c0328786107b18986ab93f3063fb7..82d2d308fa3326c1d1e2fed6a7cbd5bff498480b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ int __evsel__hw_cache_type_op_res_name(u8 type, u8 op, u8 result, char *bf, size
 const char *evsel__name(struct evsel *evsel);
 
 const char *evsel__group_name(struct evsel *evsel);
-int perf_evsel__group_desc(struct evsel *evsel, char *buf, size_t size);
+int evsel__group_desc(struct evsel *evsel, char *buf, size_t size);
 
 void __perf_evsel__set_sample_bit(struct evsel *evsel,
 				  enum perf_event_sample_format bit);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index fa77574f12cacd8885c844d8b557f3c5dd36d17d..bce49ae975323c4cf9eb33e283a8a7f71d0badad 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -2698,7 +2698,7 @@ int __hists__scnprintf_title(struct hists *hists, char *bf, size_t size, bool sh
 	if (perf_evsel__is_group_event(evsel)) {
 		struct evsel *pos;
 
-		perf_evsel__group_desc(evsel, buf, buflen);
+		evsel__group_desc(evsel, buf, buflen);
 		ev_name = buf;
 
 		for_each_group_member(pos, evsel) {