diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c
index e34dfdf..9a7a116 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "thread_map.h"
 #include "cpumap.h"
 #include "debug.h"
+#include "stat.h"
 
 int test__openat_syscall_event_on_all_cpus(void)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index d4f9994..33449de 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "perf_regs.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "trace-event.h"
+#include "stat.h"
 
 static struct {
 	bool sample_id_all;
@@ -851,19 +852,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void perf_evsel__reset_counts(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus)
-{
-	memset(evsel->counts, 0, (sizeof(*evsel->counts) +
-				 (ncpus * sizeof(struct perf_counts_values))));
-}
-
-int perf_evsel__alloc_counts(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus)
-{
-	evsel->counts = zalloc((sizeof(*evsel->counts) +
-				(ncpus * sizeof(struct perf_counts_values))));
-	return evsel->counts != NULL ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
-}
-
 static void perf_evsel__free_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
 	xyarray__delete(evsel->fd);
@@ -891,11 +879,6 @@
 		}
 }
 
-void perf_evsel__free_counts(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
-{
-	zfree(&evsel->counts);
-}
-
 void perf_evsel__exit(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
 	assert(list_empty(&evsel->node));
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 21ec082..bb0579e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -170,9 +170,6 @@
 int perf_evsel__group_desc(struct perf_evsel *evsel, char *buf, size_t size);
 
 int perf_evsel__alloc_id(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads);
-int perf_evsel__alloc_counts(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus);
-void perf_evsel__reset_counts(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus);
-void perf_evsel__free_counts(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
 void perf_evsel__close_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads);
 
 void __perf_evsel__set_sample_bit(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources b/tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources
index 4d28624..5925fec 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources
+++ b/tools/perf/util/python-ext-sources
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 util/xyarray.c
 util/cgroup.c
 util/rblist.c
+util/stat.c
 util/strlist.c
 util/trace-event.c
 ../../lib/rbtree.c
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.c b/tools/perf/util/stat.c
index 60b9282..ac589b6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.c
@@ -94,3 +94,21 @@
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+void perf_evsel__reset_counts(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus)
+{
+	memset(evsel->counts, 0, (sizeof(*evsel->counts) +
+				 (ncpus * sizeof(struct perf_counts_values))));
+}
+
+int perf_evsel__alloc_counts(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus)
+{
+	evsel->counts = zalloc((sizeof(*evsel->counts) +
+				(ncpus * sizeof(struct perf_counts_values))));
+	return evsel->counts != NULL ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+void perf_evsel__free_counts(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
+{
+	zfree(&evsel->counts);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.h b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
index 615c779..6a78260 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
@@ -62,4 +62,7 @@
 void perf_stat__print_shadow_stats(FILE *out, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 				   double avg, int cpu, enum aggr_mode aggr);
 
+void perf_evsel__reset_counts(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus);
+int perf_evsel__alloc_counts(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus);
+void perf_evsel__free_counts(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
 #endif