diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/event.h b/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/event.h
index f1830702e49a..ef5ec66b566e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/event.h
@@ -73,4 +73,11 @@ struct read_event {
 	__u64			 id;
 };
 
+struct throttle_event {
+	struct perf_event_header header;
+	__u64			 time;
+	__u64			 id;
+	__u64			 stream_id;
+};
+
 #endif /* __LIBPERF_EVENT_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.h b/tools/perf/util/event.h
index 008a2839d667..40020f5b0484 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.h
@@ -27,13 +27,6 @@
 #define PRI_lx64 PRIx64
 #endif
 
-struct throttle_event {
-	struct perf_event_header header;
-	u64 time;
-	u64 id;
-	u64 stream_id;
-};
-
 #ifndef KSYM_NAME_LEN
 #define KSYM_NAME_LEN 256
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python.c b/tools/perf/util/python.c
index 5be85f50cd1c..d21e270c7823 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/python.c
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_throttle_event__repr(struct pyrf_event *pevent)
 {
 	struct throttle_event *te = (struct throttle_event *)(&pevent->event.header + 1);
 
-	return _PyUnicode_FromFormat("{ type: %sthrottle, time: %" PRIu64 ", id: %" PRIu64
-				   ", stream_id: %" PRIu64 " }",
+	return _PyUnicode_FromFormat("{ type: %sthrottle, time: %" PRI_lu64 ", id: %" PRI_lu64
+				   ", stream_id: %" PRI_lu64 " }",
 				   pevent->event.header.type == PERF_RECORD_THROTTLE ? "" : "un",
 				   te->time, te->id, te->stream_id);
 }