diff --git a/tools/perf/util/rblist.c b/tools/perf/util/rblist.c
index 0dfe27d99458c845991e490283c067d0d0706221..0efc3258c64865f0a6174280842e34c9447691da 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/rblist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/rblist.c
@@ -101,16 +101,21 @@ void rblist__init(struct rblist *rblist)
 	return;
 }
 
+void rblist__exit(struct rblist *rblist)
+{
+	struct rb_node *pos, *next = rb_first(&rblist->entries);
+
+	while (next) {
+		pos = next;
+		next = rb_next(pos);
+		rblist__remove_node(rblist, pos);
+	}
+}
+
 void rblist__delete(struct rblist *rblist)
 {
 	if (rblist != NULL) {
-		struct rb_node *pos, *next = rb_first(&rblist->entries);
-
-		while (next) {
-			pos = next;
-			next = rb_next(pos);
-			rblist__remove_node(rblist, pos);
-		}
+		rblist__exit(rblist);
 		free(rblist);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/rblist.h b/tools/perf/util/rblist.h
index 4c8638a2257119617e50c8975fd1aa22fa7127f1..76df15c27f5fc67d581d9fe2370ffddceaeea46b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/rblist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/rblist.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ struct rblist {
 };
 
 void rblist__init(struct rblist *rblist);
+void rblist__exit(struct rblist *rblist);
 void rblist__delete(struct rblist *rblist);
 int rblist__add_node(struct rblist *rblist, const void *new_entry);
 void rblist__remove_node(struct rblist *rblist, struct rb_node *rb_node);