diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index 6ef80f22c1e2fefe5cc2d6c68864b72b1a730a30..0e46fa1b5ca0f107c338277de0e636f3cbc47de8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ static void hists__compute_resort(struct hists *hists)
 		next = rb_next(&he->rb_node_in);
 
 		insert_hist_entry_by_compute(&hists->entries, he, compute);
-		hists__inc_nr_entries(hists, he);
+		hists__inc_stats(hists, he);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index 5a892477aa50b345d83c02c2c53faf4dce660248..12d6c1bd761d28c6a5c104dc02781be911c911ac 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ static struct hist_entry *hist_entry__new(struct hist_entry *template)
 	return he;
 }
 
-void hists__inc_nr_entries(struct hists *hists, struct hist_entry *h)
+void hists__inc_stats(struct hists *hists, struct hist_entry *h)
 {
 	if (!h->filtered) {
 		hists__calc_col_len(hists, h);
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ void hists__output_resort(struct hists *hists)
 		next = rb_next(&n->rb_node_in);
 
 		__hists__insert_output_entry(&hists->entries, n, min_callchain_hits);
-		hists__inc_nr_entries(hists, n);
+		hists__inc_stats(hists, n);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ static struct hist_entry *hists__add_dummy_entry(struct hists *hists,
 		he->hists = hists;
 		rb_link_node(&he->rb_node_in, parent, p);
 		rb_insert_color(&he->rb_node_in, root);
-		hists__inc_nr_entries(hists, he);
+		hists__inc_stats(hists, he);
 		he->dummy = true;
 	}
 out:
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index 5a0343eb22e2e2e8f5487fc86a5d216a8bc14cff..51478c94d976d7767a4fe4e7009f2e85e3ea7977 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ void hists__decay_entries(struct hists *hists, bool zap_user, bool zap_kernel);
 void hists__output_recalc_col_len(struct hists *hists, int max_rows);
 
 u64 hists__total_period(struct hists *hists);
-void hists__inc_nr_entries(struct hists *hists, struct hist_entry *h);
+void hists__inc_stats(struct hists *hists, struct hist_entry *h);
 void hists__inc_nr_events(struct hists *hists, u32 type);
 void events_stats__inc(struct events_stats *stats, u32 type);
 size_t events_stats__fprintf(struct events_stats *stats, FILE *fp);