diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 1c73bc4d57d370aa55e065fadfb1c0e744f68275..6dc7a67e6d359023c57338e8e105fd7dbff1d77f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -897,6 +897,26 @@ void perf_evsel__compute_deltas(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu,
 	count->run = count->run - tmp.run;
 }
 
+void perf_counts_values__scale(struct perf_counts_values *count,
+			       bool scale, s8 *pscaled)
+{
+	s8 scaled = 0;
+
+	if (scale) {
+		if (count->run == 0) {
+			scaled = -1;
+			count->val = 0;
+		} else if (count->run < count->ena) {
+			scaled = 1;
+			count->val = (u64)((double) count->val * count->ena / count->run + 0.5);
+		}
+	} else
+		count->ena = count->run = 0;
+
+	if (pscaled)
+		*pscaled = scaled;
+}
+
 int __perf_evsel__read_on_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 			      int cpu, int thread, bool scale)
 {
@@ -913,15 +933,7 @@ int __perf_evsel__read_on_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 		return -errno;
 
 	perf_evsel__compute_deltas(evsel, cpu, &count);
-
-	if (scale) {
-		if (count.run == 0)
-			count.val = 0;
-		else if (count.run < count.ena)
-			count.val = (u64)((double)count.val * count.ena / count.run + 0.5);
-	} else
-		count.ena = count.run = 0;
-
+	perf_counts_values__scale(&count, scale, NULL);
 	evsel->counts->cpu[cpu] = count;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -956,22 +968,7 @@ int __perf_evsel__read(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 	}
 
 	perf_evsel__compute_deltas(evsel, -1, aggr);
-
-	evsel->counts->scaled = 0;
-	if (scale) {
-		if (aggr->run == 0) {
-			evsel->counts->scaled = -1;
-			aggr->val = 0;
-			return 0;
-		}
-
-		if (aggr->run < aggr->ena) {
-			evsel->counts->scaled = 1;
-			aggr->val = (u64)((double)aggr->val * aggr->ena / aggr->run + 0.5);
-		}
-	} else
-		aggr->ena = aggr->run = 0;
-
+	perf_counts_values__scale(aggr, scale, &evsel->counts->scaled);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 746b7ea845891ccf22154b8971f863f0af814769..7af0377ceb18117a2cb0ff0f983c08b540196dd8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ struct thread_map;
 struct perf_evlist;
 struct record_opts;
 
+void perf_counts_values__scale(struct perf_counts_values *count,
+			       bool scale, s8 *pscaled);
+
 void perf_evsel__compute_deltas(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu,
 				struct perf_counts_values *count);