diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.c b/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.c
index d2b18e88707151551e3f23b4d8f66df6a526b895..d21d4d6b4fd2c79e5fe3b3ade3edc1dbec033c97 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.c
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.c
@@ -20,6 +20,20 @@ static const char * const debugfs_known_mountpoints[] = {
 
 static bool debugfs_found;
 
+/* verify that a mountpoint is actually a debugfs instance */
+
+static int debugfs_valid_mountpoint(const char *debugfs)
+{
+	struct statfs st_fs;
+
+	if (statfs(debugfs, &st_fs) < 0)
+		return -ENOENT;
+	else if ((long)st_fs.f_type != (long)DEBUGFS_MAGIC)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* find the path to the mounted debugfs */
 const char *debugfs_find_mountpoint(void)
 {
@@ -60,20 +74,6 @@ const char *debugfs_find_mountpoint(void)
 	return debugfs_mountpoint;
 }
 
-/* verify that a mountpoint is actually a debugfs instance */
-
-int debugfs_valid_mountpoint(const char *debugfs)
-{
-	struct statfs st_fs;
-
-	if (statfs(debugfs, &st_fs) < 0)
-		return -ENOENT;
-	else if ((long)st_fs.f_type != (long)DEBUGFS_MAGIC)
-		return -ENOENT;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /* mount the debugfs somewhere if it's not mounted */
 char *debugfs_mount(const char *mountpoint)
 {
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.h b/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.h
index 0739881a98977cfcf70f84098b1e876b4a592f67..77bb36a95b07339bb1e420ba815de2a7382f0e34 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.h
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.h
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #endif
 
 const char *debugfs_find_mountpoint(void);
-int debugfs_valid_mountpoint(const char *debugfs);
 char *debugfs_mount(const char *mountpoint);
 
 extern char debugfs_mountpoint[];
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 7f8ec6ce2823c4652e04f11618af1b5cfcb4b952..ecf069b1661fa46a5de6aedd7815eb72e714ad11 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -175,9 +175,6 @@ struct tracepoint_path *tracepoint_id_to_path(u64 config)
 	char evt_path[MAXPATHLEN];
 	char dir_path[MAXPATHLEN];
 
-	if (debugfs_valid_mountpoint(tracing_events_path))
-		return NULL;
-
 	sys_dir = opendir(tracing_events_path);
 	if (!sys_dir)
 		return NULL;
@@ -473,12 +470,6 @@ static int add_tracepoint_multi_sys(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
 int parse_events_add_tracepoint(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
 				char *sys, char *event)
 {
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = debugfs_valid_mountpoint(tracing_events_path);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
 	if (strpbrk(sys, "*?"))
 		return add_tracepoint_multi_sys(list, idx, sys, event);
 	else
@@ -1109,13 +1100,6 @@ void print_tracepoint_events(const char *subsys_glob, const char *event_glob,
 	struct dirent *sys_next, *evt_next, sys_dirent, evt_dirent;
 	char evt_path[MAXPATHLEN];
 	char dir_path[MAXPATHLEN];
-	char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
-
-	if (debugfs_valid_mountpoint(tracing_events_path)) {
-		printf("  [ Tracepoints not available: %s ]\n",
-			strerror_r(errno, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
-		return;
-	}
 
 	sys_dir = opendir(tracing_events_path);
 	if (!sys_dir)
@@ -1163,9 +1147,6 @@ int is_valid_tracepoint(const char *event_string)
 	char evt_path[MAXPATHLEN];
 	char dir_path[MAXPATHLEN];
 
-	if (debugfs_valid_mountpoint(tracing_events_path))
-		return 0;
-
 	sys_dir = opendir(tracing_events_path);
 	if (!sys_dir)
 		return 0;