diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
index 089fd3713783872121403dcf40d645116b149ff5..a440e03cd8c235402b626526b41676b3ad95488b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
@@ -1855,7 +1855,7 @@ static int perf_evsel_menu__run(struct perf_evsel_menu *menu,
 				if (pos->node.prev == &evlist->entries)
 					pos = perf_evlist__last(evlist);
 				else
-					pos = list_entry(pos->node.prev, struct perf_evsel, node);
+					pos = perf_evsel__prev(pos);
 				goto browse_hists;
 			case K_ESC:
 				if (!ui_browser__dialog_yesno(&menu->b,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index f5029653dcd74f590aa2692c247cc3cefbd9e977..1ea7c92e6e3365aebbedbed37ae728e9473dbab5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -279,6 +279,11 @@ static inline struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__next(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 	return list_entry(evsel->node.next, struct perf_evsel, node);
 }
 
+static inline struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__prev(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
+{
+	return list_entry(evsel->node.prev, struct perf_evsel, node);
+}
+
 /**
  * perf_evsel__is_group_leader - Return whether given evsel is a leader event
  *