1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 7bdad8df22a6..f77407b5832e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -223,9 +223,15 @@ char *event_name(int counter)
 {
         u64 config = attrs[counter].config;
         int type = attrs[counter].type;
+
+        return __event_name(type, config);
+}
+
+char *__event_name(int type, u64 config)
+{
         static char buf[32];
 
-        if (attrs[counter].type == PERF_TYPE_RAW) {
+        if (type == PERF_TYPE_RAW) {
                 sprintf(buf, "raw 0x%llx", config);
                 return buf;
         }