diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index b5ebd4751a0407106f81c104f577c5e2c740afd9..dedaeb22b7b9e1e6f38525f2f588937984f9af18 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ static void __queue_event(struct sample_queue *new, struct perf_session *s)
 
 #define MAX_SAMPLE_BUFFER	(64 * 1024 / sizeof(struct sample_queue))
 
-static int perf_session_queue_event(struct perf_session *s, union perf_event *event,
+int perf_session_queue_event(struct perf_session *s, union perf_event *event,
 				    struct perf_sample *sample, u64 file_offset)
 {
 	struct ordered_samples *os = &s->ordered_samples;
@@ -1049,10 +1049,10 @@ static void event_swap(union perf_event *event, bool sample_id_all)
 		swap(event, sample_id_all);
 }
 
-int perf_session__process_event(struct perf_session *session,
-				union perf_event *event,
-				struct perf_tool *tool,
-				u64 file_offset)
+static int perf_session__process_event(struct perf_session *session,
+				       union perf_event *event,
+				       struct perf_tool *tool,
+				       u64 file_offset)
 {
 	struct perf_sample sample;
 	int ret;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.h b/tools/perf/util/session.h
index 9818fc25a62f15a90a7f38cdfe6328afa1396d6f..8bed17e64a967c6b2ebdd9cf26a9464402dd6786 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.h
@@ -56,10 +56,8 @@ int __perf_session__process_events(struct perf_session *self,
 int perf_session__process_events(struct perf_session *self,
 				 struct perf_tool *tool);
 
-int perf_session__process_event(struct perf_session *session,
-				union perf_event *event,
-				struct perf_tool *tool,
-				u64 file_offset);
+int perf_session_queue_event(struct perf_session *s, union perf_event *event,
+			     struct perf_sample *sample, u64 file_offset);
 
 void perf_tool__fill_defaults(struct perf_tool *tool);