diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 5dfe91395617..91aa2a3dcf19 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "util/thread_map.h"
 #include "util/data.h"
 #include "util/auxtrace.h"
+#include "util/parse-branch-options.h"
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sched.h>
@@ -751,94 +752,6 @@ out_delete_session:
 	return status;
 }
 
-#define BRANCH_OPT(n, m) \
-	{ .name = n, .mode = (m) }
-
-#define BRANCH_END { .name = NULL }
-
-struct branch_mode {
-	const char *name;
-	int mode;
-};
-
-static const struct branch_mode branch_modes[] = {
-	BRANCH_OPT("u", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_USER),
-	BRANCH_OPT("k", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL),
-	BRANCH_OPT("hv", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HV),
-	BRANCH_OPT("any", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY),
-	BRANCH_OPT("any_call", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_CALL),
-	BRANCH_OPT("any_ret", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_RETURN),
-	BRANCH_OPT("ind_call", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_CALL),
-	BRANCH_OPT("abort_tx", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ABORT_TX),
-	BRANCH_OPT("in_tx", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IN_TX),
-	BRANCH_OPT("no_tx", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_NO_TX),
-	BRANCH_OPT("cond", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND),
-	BRANCH_END
-};
-
-static int
-parse_branch_stack(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset)
-{
-#define ONLY_PLM \
-	(PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_USER	|\
-	 PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL	|\
-	 PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HV)
-
-	uint64_t *mode = (uint64_t *)opt->value;
-	const struct branch_mode *br;
-	char *s, *os = NULL, *p;
-	int ret = -1;
-
-	if (unset)
-		return 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * cannot set it twice, -b + --branch-filter for instance
-	 */
-	if (*mode)
-		return -1;
-
-	/* str may be NULL in case no arg is passed to -b */
-	if (str) {
-		/* because str is read-only */
-		s = os = strdup(str);
-		if (!s)
-			return -1;
-
-		for (;;) {
-			p = strchr(s, ',');
-			if (p)
-				*p = '\0';
-
-			for (br = branch_modes; br->name; br++) {
-				if (!strcasecmp(s, br->name))
-					break;
-			}
-			if (!br->name) {
-				ui__warning("unknown branch filter %s,"
-					    " check man page\n", s);
-				goto error;
-			}
-
-			*mode |= br->mode;
-
-			if (!p)
-				break;
-
-			s = p + 1;
-		}
-	}
-	ret = 0;
-
-	/* default to any branch */
-	if ((*mode & ~ONLY_PLM) == 0) {
-		*mode = PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY;
-	}
-error:
-	free(os);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static void callchain_debug(void)
 {
 	static const char *str[CALLCHAIN_MAX] = { "NONE", "FP", "DWARF", "LBR" };
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
index 6966d0743bf7..e4b676de2f64 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ libperf-$(CONFIG_X86) += tsc.o
 libperf-y += cloexec.o
 libperf-y += thread-stack.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += auxtrace.o
+libperf-y += parse-branch-options.o
 
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBELF) += symbol-elf.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBELF) += probe-event.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d999436658f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#include "perf.h"
+#include "util/util.h"
+#include "util/debug.h"
+#include "util/parse-options.h"
+#include "util/parse-branch-options.h"
+
+#define BRANCH_OPT(n, m) \
+	{ .name = n, .mode = (m) }
+
+#define BRANCH_END { .name = NULL }
+
+struct branch_mode {
+	const char *name;
+	int mode;
+};
+
+static const struct branch_mode branch_modes[] = {
+	BRANCH_OPT("u", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_USER),
+	BRANCH_OPT("k", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL),
+	BRANCH_OPT("hv", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HV),
+	BRANCH_OPT("any", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY),
+	BRANCH_OPT("any_call", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_CALL),
+	BRANCH_OPT("any_ret", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_RETURN),
+	BRANCH_OPT("ind_call", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_CALL),
+	BRANCH_OPT("abort_tx", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ABORT_TX),
+	BRANCH_OPT("in_tx", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IN_TX),
+	BRANCH_OPT("no_tx", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_NO_TX),
+	BRANCH_OPT("cond", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND),
+	BRANCH_END
+};
+
+int
+parse_branch_stack(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset)
+{
+#define ONLY_PLM \
+	(PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_USER	|\
+	 PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL	|\
+	 PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HV)
+
+	uint64_t *mode = (uint64_t *)opt->value;
+	const struct branch_mode *br;
+	char *s, *os = NULL, *p;
+	int ret = -1;
+
+	if (unset)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * cannot set it twice, -b + --branch-filter for instance
+	 */
+	if (*mode)
+		return -1;
+
+	/* str may be NULL in case no arg is passed to -b */
+	if (str) {
+		/* because str is read-only */
+		s = os = strdup(str);
+		if (!s)
+			return -1;
+
+		for (;;) {
+			p = strchr(s, ',');
+			if (p)
+				*p = '\0';
+
+			for (br = branch_modes; br->name; br++) {
+				if (!strcasecmp(s, br->name))
+					break;
+			}
+			if (!br->name) {
+				ui__warning("unknown branch filter %s,"
+					    " check man page\n", s);
+				goto error;
+			}
+
+			*mode |= br->mode;
+
+			if (!p)
+				break;
+
+			s = p + 1;
+		}
+	}
+	ret = 0;
+
+	/* default to any branch */
+	if ((*mode & ~ONLY_PLM) == 0) {
+		*mode = PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY;
+	}
+error:
+	free(os);
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b9d9470c2e82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.h
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#ifndef _PERF_PARSE_BRANCH_OPTIONS_H
+#define _PERF_PARSE_BRANCH_OPTIONS_H 1
+struct option;
+int parse_branch_stack(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset);
+#endif /* _PERF_PARSE_BRANCH_OPTIONS_H */