diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
index e33b4acece90aca126a50a91321bbd0cd3a533aa..620a467ee3043c5cadfedd02c87c0195bb681413 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "tool.h"
 #include "data.h"
 #include "sort.h"
+#include "event.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include <asm/bug.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 7ab42b8311a10c18f1be6241337fe15097af23a2..10b6362ca0bf7e0b6d5fce4697b15645ba816f02 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
 #include "util/drv_configs.h"
 #include "util/evlist.h"
 #include "util/evsel.h"
+#include "util/event.h"
 #include "util/machine.h"
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/symbol.h"
 #include "util/thread.h"
 #include "util/thread_map.h"
 #include "util/top.h"
-#include "util/util.h"
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index eaa66fb57347642a617026d5423e3ad57b73a979..d014350adc526722da3a12f29421cd6d3c00f4af 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "util/color.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
+#include "util/event.h"
 #include "util/evlist.h"
 #include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
 #include "util/machine.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index 4cc6960f6226289926dcee7f60ba0a6c7796332b..628a5e412cb14b00d9ead40bdcbb13db4c82bd75 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/bpf-loader.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
+#include "util/event.h"
 #include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include <api/fs/tracing_path.h>
 #include <errno.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_cumulate.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_cumulate.c
index 70918b9865681b5e01d9ad5e2f4512b2a6edb2fb..d549a9f2c41b30f4d35eae742dbdfcb584ee804d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_cumulate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_cumulate.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
+#include "util/event.h"
 #include "util/symbol.h"
 #include "util/sort.h"
 #include "util/evsel.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_filter.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_filter.c
index f171b2da48990510a32bb00bc17016bf04af4471..df9c91f49af19927ad48bc9c103aaf8bd43e0c40 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_filter.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_filter.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "util/symbol.h"
 #include "util/sort.h"
 #include "util/evsel.h"
+#include "util/event.h"
 #include "util/evlist.h"
 #include "util/machine.h"
 #include "util/thread.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_output.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_output.c
index cdf0dde5fe9712b803bffcf98617dcb73fcbb2d3..06e5080182d31e879b25d2cabfc43c7a9a552097 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_output.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_output.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
+#include "util/event.h"
 #include "util/symbol.h"
 #include "util/sort.h"
 #include "util/evsel.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index 142835c0ca0a7dd76b1e7106b32dc60d63384c83..437194fe04340e358c3a4c9c7f7c1f6ef497ee2a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/mman.h> /* To get things like MAP_HUGETLB even on older libc headers */
 #include <api/fs/fs.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include "event.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "hist.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.h b/tools/perf/util/event.h
index db2de6413518adffc63e8c0c57d2b304696760df..cfbe32bd7413ef32d6ca9e6643895482592b405c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.h
@@ -681,4 +681,12 @@ u64 kallsyms__get_function_start(const char *kallsyms_filename,
 void *cpu_map_data__alloc(struct cpu_map *map, size_t *size, u16 *type, int *max);
 void  cpu_map_data__synthesize(struct cpu_map_data *data, struct cpu_map *map,
 			       u16 type, int max);
+
+void event_attr_init(struct perf_event_attr *attr);
+
+int perf_event_paranoid(void);
+
+extern int sysctl_perf_event_max_stack;
+extern int sysctl_perf_event_max_contexts_per_stack;
+
 #endif /* __PERF_RECORD_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 0e879097adfb33b455d16aa31099e698ee34db04..e4f7902d5afa62f0aecab1103bc05ca4bcb226e9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "asm/bug.h"
 #include "callchain.h"
 #include "cgroup.h"
+#include "event.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "util.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index e7b6f36d89042f8634736290f195b9c22e29631d..f87b8948efdc9bdad0c7d8601b9f3d26bac743d0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -56,17 +56,11 @@ int copyfile_offset(int fromfd, loff_t from_ofs, int tofd, loff_t to_ofs, u64 si
 ssize_t readn(int fd, void *buf, size_t n);
 ssize_t writen(int fd, void *buf, size_t n);
 
-struct perf_event_attr;
-
-void event_attr_init(struct perf_event_attr *attr);
-
 size_t hex_width(u64 v);
 int hex2u64(const char *ptr, u64 *val);
 
 extern unsigned int page_size;
 extern int cacheline_size;
-extern int sysctl_perf_event_max_stack;
-extern int sysctl_perf_event_max_contexts_per_stack;
 
 struct parse_tag {
 	char tag;
@@ -75,8 +69,6 @@ struct parse_tag {
 
 unsigned long parse_tag_value(const char *str, struct parse_tag *tags);
 
-int perf_event_paranoid(void);
-
 void mem_bswap_64(void *src, int byte_size);
 void mem_bswap_32(void *src, int byte_size);