diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/include/internal/lib.h b/tools/lib/perf/include/internal/lib.h
index 5175d491b2d4..85471a4b900f 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/include/internal/lib.h
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/include/internal/lib.h
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ extern unsigned int page_size;
 ssize_t readn(int fd, void *buf, size_t n);
 ssize_t writen(int fd, const void *buf, size_t n);
 
+ssize_t preadn(int fd, void *buf, size_t n, off_t offs);
+
 #endif /* __LIBPERF_INTERNAL_CPUMAP_H */
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/lib.c b/tools/lib/perf/lib.c
index 18658931fc71..696fb0ea67c6 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/lib.c
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/lib.c
@@ -38,6 +38,26 @@ ssize_t readn(int fd, void *buf, size_t n)
 	return ion(true, fd, buf, n);
 }
 
+ssize_t preadn(int fd, void *buf, size_t n, off_t offs)
+{
+	size_t left = n;
+
+	while (left) {
+		ssize_t ret = pread(fd, buf, left, offs);
+
+		if (ret < 0 && errno == EINTR)
+			continue;
+		if (ret <= 0)
+			return ret;
+
+		left -= ret;
+		buf  += ret;
+		offs += ret;
+	}
+
+	return n;
+}
+
 /*
  * Write exactly 'n' bytes or return an error.
  */