diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 8f5af32d64517156fd938e82f591a0f26e153498..880227eae20f33941023bb5885fc5cfb82a9cdb0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ struct perf_record {
 	long			samples;
 };
 
-static int write_output(struct perf_record *rec, void *buf, size_t size)
+static int do_write_output(struct perf_record *rec, void *buf, size_t size)
 {
 	struct perf_data_file *file = &rec->file;
 
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ static int write_output(struct perf_record *rec, void *buf, size_t size)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int write_output(struct perf_record *rec, void *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	return do_write_output(rec, buf, size);
+}
+
 static int process_synthesized_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
 				     union perf_event *event,
 				     struct perf_sample *sample __maybe_unused,