diff --git a/tools/perf/util/time-utils.c b/tools/perf/util/time-utils.c
index 0443b2afd0cf..d1b21c72206d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/time-utils.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/time-utils.c
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
+#include <linux/time64.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
@@ -7,7 +9,39 @@
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "time-utils.h"
-#include "util.h"
+
+int parse_nsec_time(const char *str, u64 *ptime)
+{
+	u64 time_sec, time_nsec;
+	char *end;
+
+	time_sec = strtoul(str, &end, 10);
+	if (*end != '.' && *end != '\0')
+		return -1;
+
+	if (*end == '.') {
+		int i;
+		char nsec_buf[10];
+
+		if (strlen(++end) > 9)
+			return -1;
+
+		strncpy(nsec_buf, end, 9);
+		nsec_buf[9] = '\0';
+
+		/* make it nsec precision */
+		for (i = strlen(nsec_buf); i < 9; i++)
+			nsec_buf[i] = '0';
+
+		time_nsec = strtoul(nsec_buf, &end, 10);
+		if (*end != '\0')
+			return -1;
+	} else
+		time_nsec = 0;
+
+	*ptime = time_sec * NSEC_PER_SEC + time_nsec;
+	return 0;
+}
 
 static int parse_timestr_sec_nsec(struct perf_time_interval *ptime,
 				  char *start_str, char *end_str)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/time-utils.h b/tools/perf/util/time-utils.h
index 8f3e0e370be8..c1f197c4af6c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/time-utils.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/time-utils.h
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ struct perf_time_interval {
 	u64 start, end;
 };
 
+int parse_nsec_time(const char *str, u64 *ptime);
+
 int perf_time__parse_str(struct perf_time_interval *ptime, const char *ostr);
 
 bool perf_time__skip_sample(struct perf_time_interval *ptime, u64 timestamp);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index 67ac765da27a..9ddd98827d12 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -400,39 +400,6 @@ void sighandler_dump_stack(int sig)
 	raise(sig);
 }
 
-int parse_nsec_time(const char *str, u64 *ptime)
-{
-	u64 time_sec, time_nsec;
-	char *end;
-
-	time_sec = strtoul(str, &end, 10);
-	if (*end != '.' && *end != '\0')
-		return -1;
-
-	if (*end == '.') {
-		int i;
-		char nsec_buf[10];
-
-		if (strlen(++end) > 9)
-			return -1;
-
-		strncpy(nsec_buf, end, 9);
-		nsec_buf[9] = '\0';
-
-		/* make it nsec precision */
-		for (i = strlen(nsec_buf); i < 9; i++)
-			nsec_buf[i] = '0';
-
-		time_nsec = strtoul(nsec_buf, &end, 10);
-		if (*end != '\0')
-			return -1;
-	} else
-		time_nsec = 0;
-
-	*ptime = time_sec * NSEC_PER_SEC + time_nsec;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int timestamp__scnprintf_usec(u64 timestamp, char *buf, size_t sz)
 {
 	u64  sec = timestamp / NSEC_PER_SEC;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 79662d67891e..1d639e38aa82 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -179,8 +179,6 @@ static inline void *zalloc(size_t size)
 #undef tolower
 #undef toupper
 
-int parse_nsec_time(const char *str, u64 *ptime);
-
 extern unsigned char sane_ctype[256];
 #define GIT_SPACE		0x01
 #define GIT_DIGIT		0x02