diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
index 83ea7ca24686ce628f4ff6c795d601fb65a98113..cddd1d36f72454ae3eec9c60f7a4b6e7de1047ee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -2542,7 +2542,7 @@ out_exit:
 
 static int perf_evsel__nr_addr_filter(struct evsel *evsel)
 {
-	struct perf_pmu *pmu = perf_evsel__find_pmu(evsel);
+	struct perf_pmu *pmu = evsel__find_pmu(evsel);
 	int nr_addr_filters = 0;
 
 	if (!pmu)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 32015057429c04da45fa286f7f6d78c3c8ad9f3a..868e2be434c49200e1db6385297aeb5b0f0f5877 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ int perf_evsel__object_config(size_t object_size,
 			      int (*init)(struct evsel *evsel),
 			      void (*fini)(struct evsel *evsel));
 
-struct perf_pmu *perf_evsel__find_pmu(struct evsel *evsel);
+struct perf_pmu *evsel__find_pmu(struct evsel *evsel);
 bool perf_evsel__is_aux_event(struct evsel *evsel);
 
 struct evsel *perf_evsel__new_idx(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int idx);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index d9f89ed18dea1148528ad7566f395927b18f10d5..2dd3d6be1a616544e5df0ba284aa7bea7e459244 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ struct perf_pmu *perf_pmu__scan(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-struct perf_pmu *perf_evsel__find_pmu(struct evsel *evsel)
+struct perf_pmu *evsel__find_pmu(struct evsel *evsel)
 {
 	struct perf_pmu *pmu = NULL;
 
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ struct perf_pmu *perf_evsel__find_pmu(struct evsel *evsel)
 
 bool perf_evsel__is_aux_event(struct evsel *evsel)
 {
-	struct perf_pmu *pmu = perf_evsel__find_pmu(evsel);
+	struct perf_pmu *pmu = evsel__find_pmu(evsel);
 
 	return pmu && pmu->auxtrace;
 }