diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 581880ddb9ef..a627528e5f3a 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -1685,4 +1685,30 @@ static inline void perf_lopwr_cb(bool mode)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
+static inline bool branch_sample_no_flags(const struct perf_event *event)
+{
+	return event->attr.branch_sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_NO_FLAGS;
+}
+
+static inline bool branch_sample_no_cycles(const struct perf_event *event)
+{
+	return event->attr.branch_sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_NO_CYCLES;
+}
+
+static inline bool branch_sample_type(const struct perf_event *event)
+{
+	return event->attr.branch_sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_TYPE_SAVE;
+}
+
+static inline bool branch_sample_hw_index(const struct perf_event *event)
+{
+	return event->attr.branch_sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HW_INDEX;
+}
+
+static inline bool branch_sample_priv(const struct perf_event *event)
+{
+	return event->attr.branch_sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_PRIV_SAVE;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS */
 #endif /* _LINUX_PERF_EVENT_H */
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 15d27b14c827..00389d5f9241 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -6966,11 +6966,6 @@ static void perf_output_read(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 		perf_output_read_one(handle, event, enabled, running);
 }
 
-static inline bool perf_sample_save_hw_index(struct perf_event *event)
-{
-	return event->attr.branch_sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HW_INDEX;
-}
-
 void perf_output_sample(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 			struct perf_event_header *header,
 			struct perf_sample_data *data,
@@ -7059,7 +7054,7 @@ void perf_output_sample(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 			     * sizeof(struct perf_branch_entry);
 
 			perf_output_put(handle, data->br_stack->nr);
-			if (perf_sample_save_hw_index(event))
+			if (branch_sample_hw_index(event))
 				perf_output_put(handle, data->br_stack->hw_idx);
 			perf_output_copy(handle, data->br_stack->entries, size);
 		} else {
@@ -7359,7 +7354,7 @@ void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_event_header *header,
 	if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK) {
 		int size = sizeof(u64); /* nr */
 		if (data->sample_flags & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK) {
-			if (perf_sample_save_hw_index(event))
+			if (branch_sample_hw_index(event))
 				size += sizeof(u64);
 
 			size += data->br_stack->nr