diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index a6d50e3762577914cfcfe533002624577fbba751..a57a8cfc5d90af05bb243098324a6a70c7aa4173 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ void perf_evlist__add(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evsel *entry)
 	++evlist->nr_entries;
 }
 
-static void perf_evlist__splice_list_tail(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
-					  struct list_head *list,
-					  int nr_entries)
+void perf_evlist__splice_list_tail(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
+				   struct list_head *list,
+				   int nr_entries)
 {
 	list_splice_tail(list, &evlist->entries);
 	evlist->nr_entries += nr_entries;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index 9c516607ce20319c5d2459525467a8b1727981bc..1b4282be8fe7466d3014223515aa2b874dd66b1e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -117,4 +117,9 @@ u16 perf_evlist__id_hdr_size(const struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 
 bool perf_evlist__valid_sample_type(const struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 bool perf_evlist__valid_sample_id_all(const struct perf_evlist *evlist);
+
+void perf_evlist__splice_list_tail(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
+				   struct list_head *list,
+				   int nr_entries);
+
 #endif /* __PERF_EVLIST_H */