diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index b9c8b40c7135..a333a9a64f27 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -4149,11 +4149,11 @@ static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
 	goto out_error;
 
 out_error_mmap:
-	perf_evlist__strerror_mmap(evlist, errno, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
+	evlist__strerror_mmap(evlist, errno, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
 	goto out_error;
 
 out_error_open:
-	perf_evlist__strerror_open(evlist, errno, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
+	evlist__strerror_open(evlist, errno, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
 
 out_error:
 	fprintf(trace->output, "%s\n", errbuf);
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c b/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
index 6fe221d31f07..035c9123549a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ static int do_test_code_reading(bool try_kcore)
 
 			if (verbose > 0) {
 				char errbuf[512];
-				perf_evlist__strerror_open(evlist, errno, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
+				evlist__strerror_open(evlist, errno, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
 				pr_debug("perf_evlist__open() failed!\n%s\n", errbuf);
 			}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index d574e774073c..4b7f9f9b1588 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -1461,8 +1461,7 @@ int perf_evlist__parse_sample_timestamp(struct evlist *evlist,
 	return evsel__parse_sample_timestamp(evsel, event, timestamp);
 }
 
-int perf_evlist__strerror_open(struct evlist *evlist,
-			       int err, char *buf, size_t size)
+int evlist__strerror_open(struct evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size)
 {
 	int printed, value;
 	char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE], *emsg = str_error_r(err, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf));
@@ -1515,7 +1514,7 @@ int perf_evlist__strerror_open(struct evlist *evlist,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int perf_evlist__strerror_mmap(struct evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size)
+int evlist__strerror_mmap(struct evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size)
 {
 	char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE], *emsg = str_error_r(err, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf));
 	int pages_attempted = evlist->core.mmap_len / 1024, pages_max_per_user, printed = 0;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index 94f210d2f313..a832639a8221 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ static inline struct evsel *evlist__last(struct evlist *evlist)
 	return container_of(evsel, struct evsel, core);
 }
 
-int perf_evlist__strerror_open(struct evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size);
-int perf_evlist__strerror_mmap(struct evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size);
+int evlist__strerror_open(struct evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size);
+int evlist__strerror_mmap(struct evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size);
 
 bool perf_evlist__can_select_event(struct evlist *evlist, const char *str);
 void perf_evlist__to_front(struct evlist *evlist,