diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index ba85d4ffef06f3c8dbc75e8229bb1f9888c2d3ad..bbb24e9516566d62e0ac2fdcbcb0ce462e3a4800 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ void dsos__add(struct list_head *head, struct dso *dso)
 	list_add_tail(&dso->node, head);
 }
 
-static struct dso *dsos__find(struct list_head *head, const char *name)
+struct dso *dsos__find(struct list_head *head, const char *name)
 {
 	struct dso *pos;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index 41a15dac412096c748b0dd186585236413d1faac..dde8a26f7be3f221dd920174ca146af03ff0227e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ static inline void dso__set_loaded(struct dso *dso, enum map_type type)
 void dso__sort_by_name(struct dso *dso, enum map_type type);
 
 void dsos__add(struct list_head *head, struct dso *dso);
+struct dso *dsos__find(struct list_head *head, const char *name);
 struct dso *__dsos__findnew(struct list_head *head, const char *name);
 
 int dso__load(struct dso *dso, struct map *map, symbol_filter_t filter);