diff --git a/tools/perf/util/time-utils.c b/tools/perf/util/time-utils.c
index 61c46022de0bf17a88604553f2363c07cf30d472..3f7f18f06982e118c45513d08c56c5c56e4b021d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/time-utils.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/time-utils.c
@@ -300,6 +300,34 @@ bool perf_time__skip_sample(struct perf_time_interval *ptime, u64 timestamp)
 	return false;
 }
 
+bool perf_time__ranges_skip_sample(struct perf_time_interval *ptime_buf,
+				   int num, u64 timestamp)
+{
+	struct perf_time_interval *ptime;
+	int i;
+
+	if ((timestamp == 0) || (num == 0))
+		return false;
+
+	if (num == 1)
+		return perf_time__skip_sample(&ptime_buf[0], timestamp);
+
+	/*
+	 * start/end of multiple time ranges must be valid.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+		ptime = &ptime_buf[i];
+
+		if (timestamp >= ptime->start &&
+		    ((timestamp < ptime->end && i < num - 1) ||
+		     (timestamp <= ptime->end && i == num - 1))) {
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return (i == num) ? true : false;
+}
+
 int timestamp__scnprintf_usec(u64 timestamp, char *buf, size_t sz)
 {
 	u64  sec = timestamp / NSEC_PER_SEC;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/time-utils.h b/tools/perf/util/time-utils.h
index 23087231785add817564014378a43460e519d367..34d5eba26bf5b2c9f3dfa6d95d26524826811394 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/time-utils.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/time-utils.h
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ int perf_time__percent_parse_str(struct perf_time_interval *ptime_buf, int num,
 
 bool perf_time__skip_sample(struct perf_time_interval *ptime, u64 timestamp);
 
+bool perf_time__ranges_skip_sample(struct perf_time_interval *ptime_buf,
+				   int num, u64 timestamp);
+
 int timestamp__scnprintf_usec(u64 timestamp, char *buf, size_t sz);
 
 int fetch_current_timestamp(char *buf, size_t sz);