diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c b/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
index 0eae3b2c32f2781ee19d608f5b8c97205512606e..f9798298e3e06b66374f6517d21b36bcd13c2fbb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ size_t hists__fprintf(struct hists *hists, bool show_header, int max_rows,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-size_t hists__fprintf_nr_events(struct hists *hists, FILE *fp)
+size_t events_stats__fprintf(struct events_stats *stats, FILE *fp)
 {
 	int i;
 	size_t ret = 0;
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ size_t hists__fprintf_nr_events(struct hists *hists, FILE *fp)
 	for (i = 0; i < PERF_RECORD_HEADER_MAX; ++i) {
 		const char *name;
 
-		if (hists->stats.nr_events[i] == 0)
+		if (stats->nr_events[i] == 0)
 			continue;
 
 		name = perf_event__name(i);
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ size_t hists__fprintf_nr_events(struct hists *hists, FILE *fp)
 			continue;
 
 		ret += fprintf(fp, "%16s events: %10d\n", name,
-			       hists->stats.nr_events[i]);
+			       stats->nr_events[i]);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index d3664abea6d6d910406fd42521d609495c281329..cb6533b2977a4a3021e3ef0498307865cd15ecb7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void hists__output_recalc_col_len(struct hists *hists, int max_rows);
 
 void hists__inc_nr_entries(struct hists *hists, struct hist_entry *h);
 void hists__inc_nr_events(struct hists *self, u32 type);
-size_t hists__fprintf_nr_events(struct hists *self, FILE *fp);
+size_t events_stats__fprintf(struct events_stats *stats, FILE *fp);
 
 size_t hists__fprintf(struct hists *self, bool show_header, int max_rows,
 		      int max_cols, FILE *fp);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 76d6e257b8a42a792a44ebae0b7855e4f4958f07..6e8dd2abcf0b1a51e33bc0c120464529a4c623fd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1353,11 +1353,11 @@ size_t perf_session__fprintf_nr_events(struct perf_session *session, FILE *fp)
 	struct perf_evsel *pos;
 	size_t ret = fprintf(fp, "Aggregated stats:\n");
 
-	ret += hists__fprintf_nr_events(&session->hists, fp);
+	ret += events_stats__fprintf(&session->hists.stats, fp);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(pos, &session->evlist->entries, node) {
 		ret += fprintf(fp, "%s stats:\n", perf_evsel__name(pos));
-		ret += hists__fprintf_nr_events(&pos->hists, fp);
+		ret += events_stats__fprintf(&pos->hists.stats, fp);
 	}
 
 	return ret;