diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index ccb749f9a83f96a2499b3c98982775b75f072803..b62e523a70352f40cdb4c90b7284858065d6fafa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -1786,3 +1786,15 @@ void perf_evlist__toggle_bkw_mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 state_err:
 	return;
 }
+
+bool perf_evlist__exclude_kernel(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+
+	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
+		if (!evsel->attr.exclude_kernel)
+			return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index e72ae64c11acb5214d82996d9c21498b1d34547e..491f69542920978f4be31dea49d8ae47aa98b155 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -312,4 +312,6 @@ perf_evlist__find_evsel_by_str(struct perf_evlist *evlist, const char *str);
 
 struct perf_evsel *perf_evlist__event2evsel(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 					    union perf_event *event);
+
+bool perf_evlist__exclude_kernel(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 #endif /* __PERF_EVLIST_H */