diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.c b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
index 8ee1faa5726f..9f4b72d8f50f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ bool is_kernel_module(const char *pathname, int cpumode)
 	return m.kmod;
 }
 
-bool decompress_to_file(const char *ext, const char *filename, int output_fd)
+static bool decompress_to_file(const char *ext, const char *filename, int output_fd)
 {
 	unsigned i;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.h b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
index ef69de2e69ea..e1adadd1fe1e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
@@ -252,7 +252,6 @@ int dso__read_binary_type_filename(const struct dso *dso, enum dso_binary_type t
 				   char *root_dir, char *filename, size_t size);
 bool is_supported_compression(const char *ext);
 bool is_kernel_module(const char *pathname, int cpumode);
-bool decompress_to_file(const char *ext, const char *filename, int output_fd);
 bool dso__needs_decompress(struct dso *dso);
 int dso__decompress_kmodule_fd(struct dso *dso, const char *name);
 int dso__decompress_kmodule_path(struct dso *dso, const char *name,