diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index 85604d11755805dd033ef5d98d8f5f6e5a6ce28d..6a0573a9c16b1ab27ac124bda8ad94e3ce33d2bc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ static int kvm_live_open_events(struct perf_kvm_stat *kvm)
 	if (perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, kvm->opts.mmap_pages) < 0) {
 		ui__error("Failed to mmap the events: %s\n",
 			  str_error_r(errno, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
-		perf_evlist__close(evlist);
+		evlist__close(evlist);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index d28d4d71d9b7ce03e7b665dd3333563aa16c5371..bdfe138f7aed45f9bcdb6873709b0af8c33e6e6e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ static int __run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv, int run_idx)
 	 * later the evsel_list will be closed after.
 	 */
 	if (!STAT_RECORD)
-		perf_evlist__close(evsel_list);
+		evlist__close(evsel_list);
 
 	return WEXITSTATUS(status);
 }
@@ -2003,7 +2003,7 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
 			perf_session__write_header(perf_stat.session, evsel_list, fd, true);
 		}
 
-		perf_evlist__close(evsel_list);
+		evlist__close(evsel_list);
 		perf_session__delete(perf_stat.session);
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 7d44e05dfaa4e0a44fd3bb684516567271f4b635..67c288f467f61e838e68be3f8fea861b2b0c2157 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ void evlist__delete(struct evlist *evlist)
 		return;
 
 	perf_evlist__munmap(evlist);
-	perf_evlist__close(evlist);
+	evlist__close(evlist);
 	cpu_map__put(evlist->cpus);
 	thread_map__put(evlist->threads);
 	evlist->cpus = NULL;
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ void perf_evlist__set_selected(struct evlist *evlist,
 	evlist->selected = evsel;
 }
 
-void perf_evlist__close(struct evlist *evlist)
+void evlist__close(struct evlist *evlist)
 {
 	struct evsel *evsel;
 
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ int evlist__open(struct evlist *evlist)
 
 	return 0;
 out_err:
-	perf_evlist__close(evlist);
+	evlist__close(evlist);
 	errno = -err;
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index f4b3152c879e2b415fe3b05c254385b6bd50eef6..47e9d26b677431840a3a10b8fbff2c5c9970d063 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ void perf_evlist__toggle_bkw_mmap(struct evlist *evlist, enum bkw_mmap_state sta
 void perf_evlist__mmap_consume(struct evlist *evlist, int idx);
 
 int evlist__open(struct evlist *evlist);
-void perf_evlist__close(struct evlist *evlist);
+void evlist__close(struct evlist *evlist);
 
 struct callchain_param;