diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/dwarf-unwind.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
index 9f89f899ccc7..d8bbf7ad1681 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "thread.h"
 #include "map.h"
 #include "event.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 #include "tests/tests.h"
 
 #define STACK_SIZE 8192
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/unwind-libunwind.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/unwind-libunwind.c
index 3261f68c6a7c..db25e93d989c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/unwind-libunwind.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/unwind-libunwind.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <libunwind.h>
 #include "perf_regs.h"
 #include "../../util/unwind.h"
+#include "../../util/debug.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_ARCH_X86_64_SUPPORT
 int libunwind__arch_reg_id(int regnum)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c b/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c
index c99e0de7e54a..66e12f55c052 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "util/parse-options.h"
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/data.h"
+#include "util/debug.h"
 
 static int __cmd_evlist(const char *file_name, struct perf_attr_details *details)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-help.c b/tools/perf/builtin-help.c
index 178b88ae3d2f..0384d930480b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-help.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-help.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "util/parse-options.h"
 #include "util/run-command.h"
 #include "util/help.h"
+#include "util/debug.h"
 
 static struct man_viewer_list {
 	struct man_viewer_list *next;
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index 04c9c53becad..2f1a5220c090 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "util/svghelper.h"
 #include "util/tool.h"
 #include "util/data.h"
+#include "util/debug.h"
 
 #define SUPPORT_OLD_POWER_EVENTS 1
 #define PWR_EVENT_EXIT -1
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/dso-data.c b/tools/perf/tests/dso-data.c
index 630808cd7cc2..caaf37f079b1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/dso-data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/dso-data.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "machine.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
 #include "tests.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 
 static char *test_file(int size)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/evsel-roundtrip-name.c b/tools/perf/tests/evsel-roundtrip-name.c
index 465cdbc345cf..b8d8341b383e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/evsel-roundtrip-name.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/evsel-roundtrip-name.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "parse-events.h"
 #include "tests.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 
 static int perf_evsel__roundtrip_cache_name_test(void)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c b/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
index 35d7fdb2328d..52162425c969 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "tests.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 
 static int perf_evsel__test_field(struct perf_evsel *evsel, const char *name,
 				  int size, bool should_be_signed)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/open-syscall-tp-fields.c b/tools/perf/tests/open-syscall-tp-fields.c
index c505ef2af245..0785b64ffd6c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/open-syscall-tp-fields.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/open-syscall-tp-fields.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "thread_map.h"
 #include "tests.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 
 int test__syscall_open_tp_fields(void)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
index deba66955f8c..5941927a4b7f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include <api/fs/debugfs.h>
 #include "tests.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 #include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
 
 #define PERF_TP_SAMPLE_TYPE (PERF_SAMPLE_RAW | PERF_SAMPLE_TIME | \
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/parse-no-sample-id-all.c b/tools/perf/tests/parse-no-sample-id-all.c
index 905019f9b740..2c63ea658541 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/parse-no-sample-id-all.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/parse-no-sample-id-all.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "header.h"
 #include "util.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 
 static int process_event(struct perf_evlist **pevlist, union perf_event *event)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/sample-parsing.c b/tools/perf/tests/sample-parsing.c
index 7ae8d17db3d9..ca292f9a4ae2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/sample-parsing.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/sample-parsing.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "event.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 
 #include "tests.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/thread-mg-share.c b/tools/perf/tests/thread-mg-share.c
index 2b2e0dbe114f..b028499dd3cf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/thread-mg-share.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/thread-mg-share.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "machine.h"
 #include "thread.h"
 #include "map.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 
 int test__thread_mg_share(void)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data.c b/tools/perf/util/data.c
index ee370a7f2444..29d720cf5844 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "data.h"
 #include "util.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 
 static bool check_pipe(struct perf_data_file *file)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.h b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
index 443694c36b03..8a8ceb3ccde9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
@@ -11,6 +11,24 @@
 extern int verbose;
 extern bool quiet, dump_trace;
 
+#ifndef pr_fmt
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) fmt
+#endif
+
+#define pr_err(fmt, ...) \
+	eprintf(0, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define pr_warning(fmt, ...) \
+	eprintf(0, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define pr_info(fmt, ...) \
+	eprintf(0, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define pr_debug(fmt, ...) \
+	eprintf(1, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define pr_debugN(n, fmt, ...) \
+	eprintf(n, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define pr_debug2(fmt, ...) pr_debugN(2, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define pr_debug3(fmt, ...) pr_debugN(3, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define pr_debug4(fmt, ...) pr_debugN(4, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
 int dump_printf(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)));
 void trace_event(union perf_event *event);
 
@@ -19,4 +37,6 @@ int ui__warning(const char *format, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)));
 
 void pr_stat(const char *fmt, ...);
 
+int eprintf(int level, const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)));
+
 #endif	/* __PERF_DEBUG_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/kernel.h b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/kernel.h
index 9844c31b7c2b..09e8e7aea7c6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -94,27 +94,6 @@ static inline int scnprintf(char * buf, size_t size, const char * fmt, ...)
 	return (i >= ssize) ? (ssize - 1) : i;
 }
 
-int eprintf(int level,
-	    const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)));
-
-#ifndef pr_fmt
-#define pr_fmt(fmt) fmt
-#endif
-
-#define pr_err(fmt, ...) \
-	eprintf(0, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
-#define pr_warning(fmt, ...) \
-	eprintf(0, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
-#define pr_info(fmt, ...) \
-	eprintf(0, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
-#define pr_debug(fmt, ...) \
-	eprintf(1, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
-#define pr_debugN(n, fmt, ...) \
-	eprintf(n, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
-#define pr_debug2(fmt, ...) pr_debugN(2, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
-#define pr_debug3(fmt, ...) pr_debugN(3, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
-#define pr_debug4(fmt, ...) pr_debugN(4, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
-
 /*
  * This looks more complex than it should be. But we need to
  * get the type for the ~ right in round_down (it needs to be
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pstack.c b/tools/perf/util/pstack.c
index daa17aeb6c63..a126e6cc6e73 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pstack.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pstack.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "util.h"
 #include "pstack.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
index af7da565a750..b2dba9c0a3a1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "../event.h"
 #include "../trace-event.h"
 #include "../evsel.h"
+#include "../debug.h"
 
 void boot_Perf__Trace__Context(pTHX_ CV *cv);
 void boot_DynaLoader(pTHX_ CV *cv);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index b366b48646ca..cbce2545da45 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #include "../../perf.h"
+#include "../debug.h"
 #include "../evsel.h"
 #include "../util.h"
 #include "../event.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
index c3bba883f5c3..eb72716017ac 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "trace-event.h"
 #include <api/fs/debugfs.h>
 #include "evsel.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 
 #define VERSION "0.5"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
index e113e180c48f..ea3fd7fc6f5c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "trace-event.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 
 static int input_fd;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c
index 5ec80a575b50..7419768c38b1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <elfutils/libdwfl.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include "debug.h"
 #include "unwind.h"
 #include "unwind-libdw.h"
 #include "machine.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
index 25578b98f5c5..92b56db52471 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "unwind.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
 #include "util.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 
 extern int
 UNW_OBJ(dwarf_search_unwind_table) (unw_addr_space_t as,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index e4132aeeb780..e52e7461911b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "util.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 #include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_BACKTRACE_SUPPORT
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/vdso.c b/tools/perf/util/vdso.c
index 0ddb3b8a89ec..290582452da3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/vdso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/vdso.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
 #include "linux/string.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 
 static bool vdso_found;
 static char vdso_file[] = "/tmp/perf-vdso.so-XXXXXX";