diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index d86ac0ac2c99f05e116a3bdbfb3d9a0625e79176..129af3e9c728b84fdb77383a36e041fdfbbce23e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -36,6 +36,20 @@
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <math.h>
 
+static const char *get_filename_for_perf_kvm(void)
+{
+	const char *filename;
+
+	if (perf_host && !perf_guest)
+		filename = strdup("perf.data.host");
+	else if (!perf_host && perf_guest)
+		filename = strdup("perf.data.guest");
+	else
+		filename = strdup("perf.data.kvm");
+
+	return filename;
+}
+
 #ifdef HAVE_KVM_STAT_SUPPORT
 #include "util/kvm-stat.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index e86dba2f791a3574c97fc322f7b255cfd04e98a6..eb49330c77d477de75964873b1d6a8003ee1d532 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -496,20 +496,6 @@ int parse_callchain_record(const char *arg, struct callchain_param *param)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-const char *get_filename_for_perf_kvm(void)
-{
-	const char *filename;
-
-	if (perf_host && !perf_guest)
-		filename = strdup("perf.data.host");
-	else if (!perf_host && perf_guest)
-		filename = strdup("perf.data.guest");
-	else
-		filename = strdup("perf.data.kvm");
-
-	return filename;
-}
-
 int perf_event_paranoid(void)
 {
 	int value;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index dc8eb942f92ba5ff8d8eda5d62bf9af94c140c92..c3f6d0de69c53bf6032ceec06aa4aafa6e181196 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ int perf_event_paranoid(void);
 void mem_bswap_64(void *src, int byte_size);
 void mem_bswap_32(void *src, int byte_size);
 
-const char *get_filename_for_perf_kvm(void);
 bool find_process(const char *name);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_ZLIB_SUPPORT