diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index 616125160b58..1105c9e40a80 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -1349,8 +1349,7 @@ static int kvm_events_live(struct perf_kvm_stat *kvm,
 		OPT_STRING('p', "pid", &kvm->opts.target.pid, "pid",
 			"record events on existing process id"),
 		OPT_CALLBACK('m', "mmap-pages", &kvm->opts.mmap_pages, "pages",
-			"number of mmap data pages",
-			perf_evlist__parse_mmap_pages),
+			"number of mmap data pages", evlist__parse_mmap_pages),
 		OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 			"be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)"),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &kvm->opts.target.system_wide,
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 2a732414ae99..92039fbf6337 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -2221,7 +2221,7 @@ static int record__parse_mmap_pages(const struct option *opt,
 		*p = '\0';
 
 	if (*s) {
-		ret = __perf_evlist__parse_mmap_pages(&mmap_pages, s);
+		ret = __evlist__parse_mmap_pages(&mmap_pages, s);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out_free;
 		opts->mmap_pages = mmap_pages;
@@ -2232,7 +2232,7 @@ static int record__parse_mmap_pages(const struct option *opt,
 		goto out_free;
 	}
 
-	ret = __perf_evlist__parse_mmap_pages(&mmap_pages, p + 1);
+	ret = __evlist__parse_mmap_pages(&mmap_pages, p + 1);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_free;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index f65aa1c22c2a..3673c04d16b6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1466,8 +1466,7 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv)
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('K', "hide_kernel_symbols", &top.hide_kernel_symbols,
 		    "hide kernel symbols"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK('m', "mmap-pages", &opts->mmap_pages, "pages",
-		     "number of mmap data pages",
-		     perf_evlist__parse_mmap_pages),
+		     "number of mmap data pages", evlist__parse_mmap_pages),
 	OPT_INTEGER('r', "realtime", &top.realtime_prio,
 		    "collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority"),
 	OPT_INTEGER('d', "delay", &top.delay_secs,
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index fa7d57fc53da..85b6a46e85b6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -4763,8 +4763,7 @@ int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv)
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "no-inherit", &trace.opts.no_inherit,
 		    "child tasks do not inherit counters"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK('m', "mmap-pages", &trace.opts.mmap_pages, "pages",
-		     "number of mmap data pages",
-		     perf_evlist__parse_mmap_pages),
+		     "number of mmap data pages", evlist__parse_mmap_pages),
 	OPT_STRING('u', "uid", &trace.opts.target.uid_str, "user",
 		   "user to profile"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "duration", &trace, "float",
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 7ca92a5d3206..59264a7a858a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ static long parse_pages_arg(const char *str, unsigned long min,
 	return pages;
 }
 
-int __perf_evlist__parse_mmap_pages(unsigned int *mmap_pages, const char *str)
+int __evlist__parse_mmap_pages(unsigned int *mmap_pages, const char *str)
 {
 	unsigned long max = UINT_MAX;
 	long pages;
@@ -833,10 +833,9 @@ int __perf_evlist__parse_mmap_pages(unsigned int *mmap_pages, const char *str)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int perf_evlist__parse_mmap_pages(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
-				  int unset __maybe_unused)
+int evlist__parse_mmap_pages(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset __maybe_unused)
 {
-	return __perf_evlist__parse_mmap_pages(opt->value, str);
+	return __evlist__parse_mmap_pages(opt->value, str);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index ebc4550870a1..8a5b515193b3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -169,10 +169,8 @@ int evlist__start_workload(struct evlist *evlist);
 
 struct option;
 
-int __perf_evlist__parse_mmap_pages(unsigned int *mmap_pages, const char *str);
-int perf_evlist__parse_mmap_pages(const struct option *opt,
-				  const char *str,
-				  int unset);
+int __evlist__parse_mmap_pages(unsigned int *mmap_pages, const char *str);
+int evlist__parse_mmap_pages(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset);
 
 unsigned long perf_event_mlock_kb_in_pages(void);