diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
index 4096be7a7a9ea..ccd80538a6aeb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
@@ -571,10 +571,10 @@ int __weak arch_get_runtimeparam(void)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static int __metricgroup__add_metric(struct list_head *group_list,
-				     struct pmu_event *pe,
-				     bool metric_no_group,
-				     int runtime)
+static int __add_metric(struct list_head *group_list,
+			struct pmu_event *pe,
+			bool metric_no_group,
+			int runtime)
 {
 	struct egroup *eg;
 
@@ -634,10 +634,7 @@ static int add_metric(struct list_head *group_list,
 	pr_debug("metric expr %s for %s\n", pe->metric_expr, pe->metric_name);
 
 	if (!strstr(pe->metric_expr, "?")) {
-		ret = __metricgroup__add_metric(group_list,
-						pe,
-						metric_no_group,
-						1);
+		ret = __add_metric(group_list, pe, metric_no_group, 1);
 	} else {
 		int j, count;
 
@@ -649,9 +646,7 @@ static int add_metric(struct list_head *group_list,
 		 */
 
 		for (j = 0; j < count && !ret; j++) {
-			ret = __metricgroup__add_metric(
-				group_list, pe,
-				metric_no_group, j);
+			ret = __add_metric(group_list, pe, metric_no_group, j);
 		}
 	}