diff --git a/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c b/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c
index 1e971a7fcf82685f5651cd8114b20d59efbde166..4f67cfab2c59457de2a56dacb03d96a89e9fcc48 100644
--- a/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c
@@ -155,8 +155,10 @@ static void op_perf_stop(void)
 }
 
 
-static char *op_name_from_perf_id(enum arm_perf_pmu_ids id)
+char *op_name_from_perf_id(void)
 {
+	enum arm_perf_pmu_ids id = armpmu_get_pmu_id();
+
 	switch (id) {
 	case ARM_PERF_PMU_ID_XSCALE1:
 		return "arm/xscale1";
@@ -391,7 +393,7 @@ int __init oprofile_arch_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops)
 	ops->start		= op_arm_start;
 	ops->stop		= op_arm_stop;
 	ops->shutdown		= op_arm_stop;
-	ops->cpu_type		= op_name_from_perf_id(armpmu_get_pmu_id());
+	ops->cpu_type		= op_name_from_perf_id();
 
 	if (!ops->cpu_type)
 		ret = -ENODEV;
diff --git a/include/linux/oprofile.h b/include/linux/oprofile.h
index 5171639ecf0ff070e74d884deb8c969e3b88132d..1574d4aca7214c197e62b037da7173354be56dd1 100644
--- a/include/linux/oprofile.h
+++ b/include/linux/oprofile.h
@@ -185,4 +185,8 @@ int oprofile_add_data(struct op_entry *entry, unsigned long val);
 int oprofile_add_data64(struct op_entry *entry, u64 val);
 int oprofile_write_commit(struct op_entry *entry);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
+char *op_name_from_perf_id(void);
+#endif /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS */
+
 #endif /* OPROFILE_H */