diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index cb17e2a8c6ed49d95929984b3147178b3c02da5d..d2bc05cd1708cc876022fe5f5b2d4876932b17a2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ void hists__match(struct hists *leader, struct hists *other)
 		pair = hists__find_entry(other, pos);
 
 		if (pair)
-			hist__entry_add_pair(pos, pair);
+			hist_entry__add_pair(pos, pair);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ int hists__link(struct hists *leader, struct hists *other)
 			pair = hists__add_dummy_entry(leader, pos);
 			if (pair == NULL)
 				return -1;
-			hist__entry_add_pair(pair, pos);
+			hist_entry__add_pair(pair, pos);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.h b/tools/perf/util/sort.h
index b4e8c3ba559de22357cc0cb7a3100e5ee081b327..91ae2744e7d56a1b9fc68df70f05c70d22208992 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.h
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static inline struct hist_entry *hist_entry__next_pair(struct hist_entry *he)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static inline void hist__entry_add_pair(struct hist_entry *he,
+static inline void hist_entry__add_pair(struct hist_entry *he,
 					struct hist_entry *pair)
 {
 	list_add_tail(&he->pairs.head, &pair->pairs.node);