diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
index 8f6909dd8a54..fd2b38458a5d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ int perf_event__inject_buildid(struct perf_tool *tool, union perf_event *event,
 		if (!dso->hit) {
 			dso->hit = 1;
 			dso__inject_build_id(dso, tool, machine,
-					     sample->cpumode, al.map->flags);
+					     sample->cpumode, map__flags(al.map));
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 2a6e2cee5e0d..c066452219c8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -849,13 +849,14 @@ static size_t maps__fprintf_task(struct maps *maps, int indent, FILE *fp)
 	maps__for_each_entry(maps, rb_node) {
 		struct map *map = rb_node->map;
 		const struct dso *dso = map__dso(map);
+		u32 prot = map__prot(map);
 
 		printed += fprintf(fp, "%*s  %" PRIx64 "-%" PRIx64 " %c%c%c%c %08" PRIx64 " %" PRIu64 " %s\n",
 				   indent, "", map__start(map), map__end(map),
-				   map->prot & PROT_READ ? 'r' : '-',
-				   map->prot & PROT_WRITE ? 'w' : '-',
-				   map->prot & PROT_EXEC ? 'x' : '-',
-				   map->flags & MAP_SHARED ? 's' : 'p',
+				   prot & PROT_READ ? 'r' : '-',
+				   prot & PROT_WRITE ? 'w' : '-',
+				   prot & PROT_EXEC ? 'x' : '-',
+				   map__flags(map) ? 's' : 'p',
 				   map->pgoff,
 				   dso->id.ino, dso->name);
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/vmlinux-kallsyms.c b/tools/perf/tests/vmlinux-kallsyms.c
index 05a322ea3f9f..7db102868bc2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/vmlinux-kallsyms.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/vmlinux-kallsyms.c
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ next_pair:
 		mem_end = map__unmap_ip(vmlinux_map, map__end(map));
 
 		pair = maps__find(kallsyms.kmaps, mem_start);
-		if (pair == NULL || pair->priv)
+		if (pair == NULL || map__priv(pair))
 			continue;
 
 		if (map__start(pair) == mem_start) {
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ next_pair:
 	maps__for_each_entry(maps, rb_node) {
 		struct map *map = rb_node->map;
 
-		if (!map->priv) {
+		if (!map__priv(map)) {
 			if (!header_printed) {
 				pr_info("WARN: Maps only in kallsyms:\n");
 				header_printed = true;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/map.h b/tools/perf/util/map.h
index 9118eba71032..fd440c9c279e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/map.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/map.h
@@ -72,6 +72,21 @@ static inline u64 map__end(const struct map *map)
 	return map->end;
 }
 
+static inline u32 map__flags(const struct map *map)
+{
+	return map->flags;
+}
+
+static inline u32 map__prot(const struct map *map)
+{
+	return map->prot;
+}
+
+static inline bool map__priv(const struct map *map)
+{
+	return map->priv;
+}
+
 static inline size_t map__size(const struct map *map)
 {
 	return map__end(map) - map__start(map);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index 87a3ba584af5..80c9960c37e5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@ sort__dcacheline_cmp(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right)
 	 */
 
 	if ((left->cpumode != PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL) &&
-	    (!(l_map->flags & MAP_SHARED)) && !l_dso->id.maj && !l_dso->id.min &&
+	    (!(map__flags(l_map) & MAP_SHARED)) && !l_dso->id.maj && !l_dso->id.min &&
 	    !l_dso->id.ino && !l_dso->id.ino_generation) {
 		/* userspace anonymous */
 
@@ -1576,8 +1576,8 @@ static int hist_entry__dcacheline_snprintf(struct hist_entry *he, char *bf,
 
 		/* print [s] for shared data mmaps */
 		if ((he->cpumode != PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL) &&
-		     map && !(map->prot & PROT_EXEC) &&
-		    (map->flags & MAP_SHARED) &&
+		     map && !(map__prot(map) & PROT_EXEC) &&
+		     (map__flags(map) & MAP_SHARED) &&
 		    (dso->id.maj || dso->id.min || dso->id.ino || dso->id.ino_generation))
 			level = 's';
 		else if (!map)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 9ba49c1ef6ef..5c075d77a792 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ static int dso__load_kcore(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
 	}
 
 	/* Read new maps into temporary lists */
-	err = file__read_maps(fd, map->prot & PROT_EXEC, kcore_mapfn, &md,
+	err = file__read_maps(fd, map__prot(map) & PROT_EXEC, kcore_mapfn, &md,
 			      &is_64_bit);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_err;
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ static int dso__load_kcore(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
 
 	close(fd);
 
-	if (map->prot & PROT_EXEC)
+	if (map__prot(map) & PROT_EXEC)
 		pr_debug("Using %s for kernel object code\n", kcore_filename);
 	else
 		pr_debug("Using %s for kernel data\n", kcore_filename);