diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index f2dc91fb87fa..1c73bc4d57d3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -876,9 +876,8 @@ void perf_evsel__delete(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 	free(evsel);
 }
 
-static inline void compute_deltas(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
-				  int cpu,
-				  struct perf_counts_values *count)
+void perf_evsel__compute_deltas(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu,
+				struct perf_counts_values *count)
 {
 	struct perf_counts_values tmp;
 
@@ -913,7 +912,7 @@ int __perf_evsel__read_on_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 	if (readn(FD(evsel, cpu, thread), &count, nv * sizeof(u64)) < 0)
 		return -errno;
 
-	compute_deltas(evsel, cpu, &count);
+	perf_evsel__compute_deltas(evsel, cpu, &count);
 
 	if (scale) {
 		if (count.run == 0)
@@ -956,7 +955,7 @@ int __perf_evsel__read(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 		}
 	}
 
-	compute_deltas(evsel, -1, aggr);
+	perf_evsel__compute_deltas(evsel, -1, aggr);
 
 	evsel->counts->scaled = 0;
 	if (scale) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 979790951bfb..746b7ea84589 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ struct thread_map;
 struct perf_evlist;
 struct record_opts;
 
+void perf_evsel__compute_deltas(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu,
+				struct perf_counts_values *count);
+
 int perf_evsel__object_config(size_t object_size,
 			      int (*init)(struct perf_evsel *evsel),
 			      void (*fini)(struct perf_evsel *evsel));