diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 9461583c53d9..e71c3cc93924 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ int perf_evlist__apply_filters(struct evlist *evlist, struct evsel **err_evsel)
 		 * filters only work for tracepoint event, which doesn't have cpu limit.
 		 * So evlist and evsel should always be same.
 		 */
-		err = perf_evsel__apply_filter(evsel, evsel->filter);
+		err = evsel__apply_filter(evsel, evsel->filter);
 		if (err) {
 			*err_evsel = evsel;
 			break;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 855d286298eb..5aeb7260c8e1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ static int perf_evsel__run_ioctl(struct evsel *evsel,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int perf_evsel__apply_filter(struct evsel *evsel, const char *filter)
+int evsel__apply_filter(struct evsel *evsel, const char *filter)
 {
 	return perf_evsel__run_ioctl(evsel,
 				     PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index c338ce14e8aa..35f7e7ff3c5e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ int perf_evsel__set_filter(struct evsel *evsel, const char *filter);
 int perf_evsel__append_tp_filter(struct evsel *evsel, const char *filter);
 int perf_evsel__append_addr_filter(struct evsel *evsel,
 				   const char *filter);
-int perf_evsel__apply_filter(struct evsel *evsel, const char *filter);
+int evsel__apply_filter(struct evsel *evsel, const char *filter);
 int evsel__enable(struct evsel *evsel);
 int evsel__disable(struct evsel *evsel);