diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index fcf99bdeb19e..3e1636cae76b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -141,16 +141,6 @@ static inline void diff_timespec(struct timespec *r, struct timespec *a,
 	}
 }
 
-static inline struct cpu_map *perf_evsel__cpus(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
-{
-	return (evsel->cpus && !target.cpu_list) ? evsel->cpus : evsel_list->cpus;
-}
-
-static inline int perf_evsel__nr_cpus(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
-{
-	return perf_evsel__cpus(evsel)->nr;
-}
-
 static void perf_evsel__reset_stat_priv(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
 	int i;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 9e16a5c4eb01..4dbf32d94dfb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include "xyarray.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
+#include "cpumap.h"
 
 struct perf_counts_values {
 	union {
@@ -114,6 +115,16 @@ struct thread_map;
 struct perf_evlist;
 struct record_opts;
 
+static inline struct cpu_map *perf_evsel__cpus(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
+{
+	return evsel->cpus;
+}
+
+static inline int perf_evsel__nr_cpus(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
+{
+	return perf_evsel__cpus(evsel)->nr;
+}
+
 void perf_counts_values__scale(struct perf_counts_values *count,
 			       bool scale, s8 *pscaled);