diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 5bc0c570b7b6..b55e8060810b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -540,8 +540,8 @@ try_again:
 		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
 
-		err = perf_stat_synthesize_config(&stat_config, NULL, evsel_list,
-						  process_synthesized_event, is_pipe);
+		err = perf_event__synthesize_stat_events(&stat_config, NULL, evsel_list,
+							 process_synthesized_event, is_pipe);
 		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.h b/tools/perf/util/event.h
index 4e6d33c76d57..89a2404170a0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.h
@@ -293,6 +293,11 @@ typedef int (*perf_event__handler_t)(struct perf_tool *tool,
 				     struct perf_sample *sample,
 				     struct machine *machine);
 
+int perf_event__synthesize_stat_events(struct perf_stat_config *config,
+				       struct perf_tool *tool,
+				       struct evlist *evlist,
+				       perf_event__handler_t process,
+				       bool attrs);
 int perf_event__synthesize_attr(struct perf_tool *tool,
 				struct perf_event_attr *attr, u32 ids, u64 *id,
 				perf_event__handler_t process);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.c b/tools/perf/util/stat.c
index d309c1cc13db..2e318d95c528 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.c
@@ -495,11 +495,11 @@ int create_perf_stat_counter(struct evsel *evsel,
 	return perf_evsel__open_per_thread(evsel, evsel->core.threads);
 }
 
-int perf_stat_synthesize_config(struct perf_stat_config *config,
-				struct perf_tool *tool,
-				struct evlist *evlist,
-				perf_event__handler_t process,
-				bool attrs)
+int perf_event__synthesize_stat_events(struct perf_stat_config *config,
+				       struct perf_tool *tool,
+				       struct evlist *evlist,
+				       perf_event__handler_t process,
+				       bool attrs)
 {
 	int err;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.h b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
index 14fe3e548229..0f9c9f6e2041 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #include "rblist.h"
-#include "event.h"
 
+struct perf_cpu_map;
+struct perf_stat_config;
 struct timespec;
 
 struct stats {
@@ -210,11 +211,6 @@ size_t perf_event__fprintf_stat_config(union perf_event *event, FILE *fp);
 int create_perf_stat_counter(struct evsel *evsel,
 			     struct perf_stat_config *config,
 			     struct target *target);
-int perf_stat_synthesize_config(struct perf_stat_config *config,
-				struct perf_tool *tool,
-				struct evlist *evlist,
-				perf_event__handler_t process,
-				bool attrs);
 void
 perf_evlist__print_counters(struct evlist *evlist,
 			    struct perf_stat_config *config,