diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
index b8094692c153..81bd8c2af730 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ static int hist_browser__show_entry(struct hist_browser *browser,
 	}
 
 	if (row_offset == 0) {
-		hist_entry__snprintf(entry, s, sizeof(s), browser->hists);
+		hist_entry__sort_snprintf(entry, s, sizeof(s), browser->hists);
 		percent = (entry->period * 100.0) / browser->hists->stats.total_period;
 
 		ui_browser__set_percent_color(&browser->b, percent, current_entry);
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ static int hist_browser__fprintf_entry(struct hist_browser *browser,
 	if (symbol_conf.use_callchain)
 		folded_sign = hist_entry__folded(he);
 
-	hist_entry__snprintf(he, s, sizeof(s), browser->hists);
+	hist_entry__sort_snprintf(he, s, sizeof(s), browser->hists);
 	percent = (he->period * 100.0) / browser->hists->stats.total_period;
 
 	if (symbol_conf.use_callchain)
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c b/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
index 7881d625e17a..9bf7e9e5a72e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ static size_t hist_entry_callchain__fprintf(struct hist_entry *he,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int hist_entry__pcnt_snprintf(struct hist_entry *he, char *s,
+static int hist_entry__period_snprintf(struct hist_entry *he, char *s,
 				     size_t size, struct hists *pair_hists,
 				     bool show_displacement, long displacement,
 				     bool color, u64 total_period)
@@ -404,8 +404,8 @@ static int hist_entry__pcnt_snprintf(struct hist_entry *he, char *s,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int hist_entry__snprintf(struct hist_entry *he, char *s, size_t size,
-			 struct hists *hists)
+int hist_entry__sort_snprintf(struct hist_entry *he, char *s, size_t size,
+			      struct hists *hists)
 {
 	const char *sep = symbol_conf.field_sep;
 	struct sort_entry *se;
@@ -423,25 +423,7 @@ int hist_entry__snprintf(struct hist_entry *he, char *s, size_t size,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int hist_entry__fprintf(struct hist_entry *he, size_t size,
-			       struct hists *hists, struct hists *pair_hists,
-			       bool show_displacement, long displacement,
-			       u64 total_period, FILE *fp)
-{
-	char bf[512];
-	int ret;
-
-	if (size == 0 || size > sizeof(bf))
-		size = sizeof(bf);
-
-	ret = hist_entry__pcnt_snprintf(he, bf, size, pair_hists,
-					show_displacement, displacement,
-					true, total_period);
-	hist_entry__snprintf(he, bf + ret, size - ret, hists);
-	return fprintf(fp, "%s\n", bf);
-}
-
-static size_t hist_entry__fprintf_callchain(struct hist_entry *he,
+static size_t hist_entry__callchain_fprintf(struct hist_entry *he,
 					    struct hists *hists,
 					    u64 total_period, FILE *fp)
 {
@@ -457,6 +439,31 @@ static size_t hist_entry__fprintf_callchain(struct hist_entry *he,
 	return hist_entry_callchain__fprintf(he, total_period, left_margin, fp);
 }
 
+static int hist_entry__fprintf(struct hist_entry *he, size_t size,
+			       struct hists *hists, struct hists *pair_hists,
+			       bool show_displacement, long displacement,
+			       u64 total_period, FILE *fp)
+{
+	char bf[512];
+	int ret;
+
+	if (size == 0 || size > sizeof(bf))
+		size = sizeof(bf);
+
+	ret = hist_entry__period_snprintf(he, bf, size, pair_hists,
+					  show_displacement, displacement,
+					  true, total_period);
+	hist_entry__sort_snprintf(he, bf + ret, size - ret, hists);
+
+	ret = fprintf(fp, "%s\n", bf);
+
+	if (symbol_conf.use_callchain)
+		ret += hist_entry__callchain_fprintf(he, hists,
+						     total_period, fp);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 size_t hists__fprintf(struct hists *hists, struct hists *pair,
 		      bool show_displacement, bool show_header, int max_rows,
 		      int max_cols, FILE *fp)
@@ -608,8 +615,6 @@ size_t hists__fprintf(struct hists *hists, struct hists *pair,
 		ret += hist_entry__fprintf(h, max_cols, hists, pair, show_displacement,
 					   displacement, total_period, fp);
 
-		if (symbol_conf.use_callchain)
-			ret += hist_entry__fprintf_callchain(h, hists, total_period, fp);
 		if (max_rows && ++nr_rows >= max_rows)
 			goto out;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index 69fab7d9abcd..2e650ffb7d23 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ struct hist_entry *__hists__add_entry(struct hists *self,
 				      struct symbol *parent, u64 period);
 int64_t hist_entry__cmp(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right);
 int64_t hist_entry__collapse(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right);
-int hist_entry__snprintf(struct hist_entry *self, char *bf, size_t size,
-			 struct hists *hists);
+int hist_entry__sort_snprintf(struct hist_entry *self, char *bf, size_t size,
+			      struct hists *hists);
 void hist_entry__free(struct hist_entry *);
 
 struct hist_entry *__hists__add_branch_entry(struct hists *self,