diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.c b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
index 7e11a700303f805fe1d1f0b9dcbb3d2c12dbb96d..fe5236833164e0d6193fa37e635279811b93a9e1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
@@ -827,8 +827,8 @@ struct map *dso__new_map(const char *name)
 	return map;
 }
 
-struct dso *dso__kernel_findnew(struct machine *machine, const char *name,
-		    const char *short_name, int dso_type)
+struct dso *machine__findnew_kernel(struct machine *machine, const char *name,
+				    const char *short_name, int dso_type)
 {
 	/*
 	 * The kernel dso could be created by build_id processing.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.h b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
index bcec06ad73a2af5ae6f1d9ef4af909953e90403c..24a507a5414764aa28300bacba61fdba81536da1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ ssize_t dso__data_read_addr(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
 bool dso__data_status_seen(struct dso *dso, enum dso_data_status_seen by);
 
 struct map *dso__new_map(const char *name);
-struct dso *dso__kernel_findnew(struct machine *machine, const char *name,
-				const char *short_name, int dso_type);
+struct dso *machine__findnew_kernel(struct machine *machine, const char *name,
+				    const char *short_name, int dso_type);
 
 void dsos__add(struct dsos *dsos, struct dso *dso);
 struct dso *dsos__addnew(struct dsos *dsos, const char *name);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index 0c0e61cce577a9801c106a5132ae8ed20a54054a..8934dc4345fe1893a6cba06876988c1872ae2518 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -640,9 +640,8 @@ static struct dso *machine__get_kernel(struct machine *machine)
 		if (!vmlinux_name)
 			vmlinux_name = "[kernel.kallsyms]";
 
-		kernel = dso__kernel_findnew(machine, vmlinux_name,
-					     "[kernel]",
-					     DSO_TYPE_KERNEL);
+		kernel = machine__findnew_kernel(machine, vmlinux_name,
+						 "[kernel]", DSO_TYPE_KERNEL);
 	} else {
 		char bf[PATH_MAX];
 
@@ -652,9 +651,9 @@ static struct dso *machine__get_kernel(struct machine *machine)
 			vmlinux_name = machine__mmap_name(machine, bf,
 							  sizeof(bf));
 
-		kernel = dso__kernel_findnew(machine, vmlinux_name,
-					     "[guest.kernel]",
-					     DSO_TYPE_GUEST_KERNEL);
+		kernel = machine__findnew_kernel(machine, vmlinux_name,
+						 "[guest.kernel]",
+						 DSO_TYPE_GUEST_KERNEL);
 	}
 
 	if (kernel != NULL && (!kernel->has_build_id))