diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 8d30cbda51b639913bd9db963b9b25eb5c02f80d..f4f01b2e9dcc5233f54a259e5c8df40ea5035d8e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -2251,17 +2251,11 @@ void *perf_evsel__rawptr(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_sample *sample,
 	return sample->raw_data + offset;
 }
 
-u64 perf_evsel__intval(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_sample *sample,
-		       const char *name)
+u64 format_field__intval(struct format_field *field, struct perf_sample *sample,
+			 bool needs_swap)
 {
-	struct format_field *field = perf_evsel__field(evsel, name);
-	void *ptr;
 	u64 value;
-
-	if (!field)
-		return 0;
-
-	ptr = sample->raw_data + field->offset;
+	void *ptr = sample->raw_data + field->offset;
 
 	switch (field->size) {
 	case 1:
@@ -2279,7 +2273,7 @@ u64 perf_evsel__intval(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_sample *sample,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (!evsel->needs_swap)
+	if (!needs_swap)
 		return value;
 
 	switch (field->size) {
@@ -2296,6 +2290,17 @@ u64 perf_evsel__intval(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_sample *sample,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+u64 perf_evsel__intval(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_sample *sample,
+		       const char *name)
+{
+	struct format_field *field = perf_evsel__field(evsel, name);
+
+	if (!field)
+		return 0;
+
+	return field ? format_field__intval(field, sample, evsel->needs_swap) : 0;
+}
+
 bool perf_evsel__fallback(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int err,
 			  char *msg, size_t msgsize)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 028412b32d5a753b0f5fe7571c0ab1359c673a5e..828ddd1c89474c976c5042e844079a7979a05758 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ static inline char *perf_evsel__strval(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 
 struct format_field;
 
+u64 format_field__intval(struct format_field *field, struct perf_sample *sample, bool needs_swap);
+
 struct format_field *perf_evsel__field(struct perf_evsel *evsel, const char *name);
 
 #define perf_evsel__match(evsel, t, c)		\