diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
index 9cd28242592983b4b63f91e9b3f8d0bf7086718a..9b451af0721ccc59383ec6656298e14f13b5182e 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.c
@@ -101,6 +101,19 @@ void put_events_file(char *file)
 	free(file);
 }
 
+DIR *tracing_events__opendir(void)
+{
+	DIR *dir = NULL;
+	char *path = get_tracing_file("events");
+
+	if (path) {
+		dir = opendir(path);
+		put_events_file(path);
+	}
+
+	return dir;
+}
+
 int tracing_path__strerror_open_tp(int err, char *buf, size_t size,
 				   const char *sys, const char *name)
 {
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.h b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.h
index 3b32fb439f12526aaaaae6c058eba08e00471468..904d085b2ae74ac7aaa006fa222b276b9ee1a4d3 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.h
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracing_path.h
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@
 #define __API_FS_TRACING_PATH_H
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
 
 extern char tracing_events_path[];
 
+DIR *tracing_events__opendir(void);
+
 void tracing_path_set(const char *mountpoint);
 const char *tracing_path_mount(void);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
index 6d57d708263763e3a9d86471fe6db3a6b266936e..b9ebe15afb1384e5a034f486cf145f2dd8f0773b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ static int count_tracepoints(void)
 	DIR *events_dir;
 	int cnt = 0;
 
-	events_dir = opendir(tracing_events_path);
+	events_dir = tracing_events__opendir();
 
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("Can't open events dir", events_dir);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 24668300b327760a434e478c5f36fac3e9ab34ae..15eec49e71a12ad89596f928e39874522c4a65df 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ struct tracepoint_path *tracepoint_id_to_path(u64 config)
 	char evt_path[MAXPATHLEN];
 	char *dir_path;
 
-	sys_dir = opendir(tracing_events_path);
+	sys_dir = tracing_events__opendir();
 	if (!sys_dir)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ static int add_tracepoint_multi_sys(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
 	DIR *events_dir;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	events_dir = opendir(tracing_events_path);
+	events_dir = tracing_events__opendir();
 	if (!events_dir) {
 		tracepoint_error(err, errno, sys_name, evt_name);
 		return -1;
@@ -2106,7 +2106,7 @@ void print_tracepoint_events(const char *subsys_glob, const char *event_glob,
 	bool evt_num_known = false;
 
 restart:
-	sys_dir = opendir(tracing_events_path);
+	sys_dir = tracing_events__opendir();
 	if (!sys_dir)
 		return;
 
@@ -2200,7 +2200,7 @@ int is_valid_tracepoint(const char *event_string)
 	char evt_path[MAXPATHLEN];
 	char *dir_path;
 
-	sys_dir = opendir(tracing_events_path);
+	sys_dir = tracing_events__opendir();
 	if (!sys_dir)
 		return 0;