diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_common.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_common.c
index bcde1d27919c2aab17074c2035695a4f84e34e2c..915f60af6a0ebe6fba525e0f65b1e8205a1da025 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_common.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_common.c
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ struct machine *setup_fake_machine(struct machines *machines)
 		size_t k;
 		struct dso *dso;
 
-		dso = __dsos__findnew(&machine->dsos,
-				      fake_symbols[i].dso_name);
+		dso = machine__findnew_dso(machine, fake_symbols[i].dso_name);
 		if (dso == NULL)
 			goto out;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.c b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
index ff040b0569d6c006d067cb7c69f0530ad52a6a59..b335db3532a2b471ed97428ec31f8bb675a938bf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ struct dso *machine__findnew_kernel(struct machine *machine, const char *name,
 	/*
 	 * The kernel dso could be created by build_id processing.
 	 */
-	struct dso *dso = __dsos__findnew(&machine->dsos, name);
+	struct dso *dso = machine__findnew_dso(machine, name);
 
 	/*
 	 * We need to run this in all cases, since during the build_id
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index a900e9441fb53e23c898b8fb8466f9ee9c39db81..851143a7988d303ce7d9ef882c56333309767bfc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ static int __event_process_build_id(struct build_id_event *bev,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	dso = __dsos__findnew(&machine->dsos, filename);
+	dso = machine__findnew_dso(machine, filename);
 	if (dso != NULL) {
 		char sbuild_id[BUILD_ID_SIZE * 2 + 1];
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index ffd31079d44712484c243175aa72d6c529e8c96e..698da1da51686a99097531d1e6e5089bec166ea1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ static int machine__process_kernel_mmap_event(struct machine *machine,
 		}
 
 		if (kernel == NULL)
-			kernel = __dsos__findnew(&machine->dsos, kmmap_prefix);
+			kernel = machine__findnew_dso(machine, kmmap_prefix);
 		if (kernel == NULL)
 			goto out_problem;
 
@@ -1915,3 +1915,8 @@ int machine__get_kernel_start(struct machine *machine)
 	}
 	return err;
 }
+
+struct dso *machine__findnew_dso(struct machine *machine, const char *filename)
+{
+	return __dsos__findnew(&machine->dsos, filename);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.h b/tools/perf/util/machine.h
index aabca583e6559450c0796e127b734c8b63346711..39a0ca06cbd804c912f265750ed340f2ee9f0794 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.h
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ static inline bool machine__is_host(struct machine *machine)
 struct thread *__machine__findnew_thread(struct machine *machine, pid_t pid, pid_t tid);
 struct thread *machine__findnew_thread(struct machine *machine, pid_t pid, pid_t tid);
 
+struct dso *machine__findnew_dso(struct machine *machine, const char *filename);
+
 size_t machine__fprintf(struct machine *machine, FILE *fp);
 
 static inline
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/map.c b/tools/perf/util/map.c
index 57ff0256c22cd7bf6587f0b52905c58e3fd01877..d15e1e9dd2ae878a1e64819c0f6f90842fc24885 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/map.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ struct map *map__new(struct machine *machine, u64 start, u64 len,
 			pgoff = 0;
 			dso = vdso__dso_findnew(machine, thread);
 		} else
-			dso = __dsos__findnew(&machine->dsos, filename);
+			dso = machine__findnew_dso(machine, filename);
 
 		if (dso == NULL)
 			goto out_delete;