diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index ae525fdcfbde..a6b4d1b98b3a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -295,14 +295,14 @@ static int read_single_counter(struct evsel *counter, int cpu_map_idx, int threa
 	 * terminates. Use the wait4 values in that case.
 	 */
 	if (err && cpu_map_idx == 0 &&
-	    (evsel__tool_event(counter) == PERF_TOOL_USER_TIME ||
-	     evsel__tool_event(counter) == PERF_TOOL_SYSTEM_TIME)) {
+	    (evsel__tool_event(counter) == TOOL_PMU__EVENT_USER_TIME ||
+	     evsel__tool_event(counter) == TOOL_PMU__EVENT_SYSTEM_TIME)) {
 		u64 val, *start_time;
 		struct perf_counts_values *count =
 			perf_counts(counter->counts, cpu_map_idx, thread);
 
 		start_time = xyarray__entry(counter->start_times, cpu_map_idx, thread);
-		if (evsel__tool_event(counter) == PERF_TOOL_USER_TIME)
+		if (evsel__tool_event(counter) == TOOL_PMU__EVENT_USER_TIME)
 			val = ru_stats.ru_utime_usec_stat.mean;
 		else
 			val = ru_stats.ru_stime_usec_stat.mean;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index b75c4a4c7aa7..c0b49c5dd3cf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1471,8 +1471,8 @@ void evsel__exit(struct evsel *evsel)
 	evsel->per_pkg_mask = NULL;
 	zfree(&evsel->metric_events);
 	perf_evsel__object.fini(evsel);
-	if (evsel__tool_event(evsel) == PERF_TOOL_SYSTEM_TIME ||
-	    evsel__tool_event(evsel) == PERF_TOOL_USER_TIME)
+	if (evsel__tool_event(evsel) == TOOL_PMU__EVENT_SYSTEM_TIME ||
+	    evsel__tool_event(evsel) == TOOL_PMU__EVENT_USER_TIME)
 		xyarray__delete(evsel->start_times);
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
index 9181548e8881..0e21e2f9c170 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
@@ -674,20 +674,20 @@ static int metricgroup__build_event_string(struct strbuf *events,
 	struct hashmap_entry *cur;
 	size_t bkt;
 	bool no_group = true, has_tool_events = false;
-	bool tool_events[PERF_TOOL_MAX] = {false};
+	bool tool_events[TOOL_PMU__EVENT_MAX] = {false};
 	int ret = 0;
 
 #define RETURN_IF_NON_ZERO(x) do { if (x) return x; } while (0)
 
 	hashmap__for_each_entry(ctx->ids, cur, bkt) {
 		const char *sep, *rsep, *id = cur->pkey;
-		enum perf_tool_event ev;
+		enum tool_pmu_event ev;
 
 		pr_debug("found event %s\n", id);
 
 		/* Always move tool events outside of the group. */
 		ev = perf_tool_event__from_str(id);
-		if (ev != PERF_TOOL_NONE) {
+		if (ev != TOOL_PMU__EVENT_NONE) {
 			has_tool_events = true;
 			tool_events[ev] = true;
 			continue;
@@ -1375,7 +1375,7 @@ static void metricgroup__free_metrics(struct list_head *metric_list)
  *               to true if tool event is found.
  */
 static void find_tool_events(const struct list_head *metric_list,
-			     bool tool_events[PERF_TOOL_MAX])
+			     bool tool_events[TOOL_PMU__EVENT_MAX])
 {
 	struct metric *m;
 
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ static int build_combined_expr_ctx(const struct list_head *metric_list,
  */
 static int parse_ids(bool metric_no_merge, bool fake_pmu,
 		     struct expr_parse_ctx *ids, const char *modifier,
-		     bool group_events, const bool tool_events[PERF_TOOL_MAX],
+		     bool group_events, const bool tool_events[TOOL_PMU__EVENT_MAX],
 		     struct evlist **out_evlist)
 {
 	struct parse_events_error parse_error;
@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ static int parse_groups(struct evlist *perf_evlist,
 	struct evlist *combined_evlist = NULL;
 	LIST_HEAD(metric_list);
 	struct metric *m;
-	bool tool_events[PERF_TOOL_MAX] = {false};
+	bool tool_events[TOOL_PMU__EVENT_MAX] = {false};
 	bool is_default = !strcmp(str, "Default");
 	int ret;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index bbb8e207c6b9..34766151cfc3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -1832,7 +1832,7 @@ bool perf_pmu__have_event(struct perf_pmu *pmu, const char *name)
 	if (!name)
 		return false;
 	if (perf_pmu__is_tool(pmu))
-		return perf_tool_event__from_str(name) != PERF_TOOL_NONE;
+		return perf_tool_event__from_str(name) != TOOL_PMU__EVENT_NONE;
 	if (perf_pmu__find_alias(pmu, name, /*load=*/ true) != NULL)
 		return true;
 	if (pmu->cpu_aliases_added || !pmu->events_table)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
index 2d653f91400e..e56969d1e39d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
@@ -382,22 +382,22 @@ static int prepare_metric(const struct metric_expr *mexp,
 			double scale;
 
 			switch (evsel__tool_event(metric_events[i])) {
-			case PERF_TOOL_DURATION_TIME:
+			case TOOL_PMU__EVENT_DURATION_TIME:
 				stats = &walltime_nsecs_stats;
 				scale = 1e-9;
 				break;
-			case PERF_TOOL_USER_TIME:
+			case TOOL_PMU__EVENT_USER_TIME:
 				stats = &ru_stats.ru_utime_usec_stat;
 				scale = 1e-6;
 				break;
-			case PERF_TOOL_SYSTEM_TIME:
+			case TOOL_PMU__EVENT_SYSTEM_TIME:
 				stats = &ru_stats.ru_stime_usec_stat;
 				scale = 1e-6;
 				break;
-			case PERF_TOOL_NONE:
+			case TOOL_PMU__EVENT_NONE:
 				pr_err("Invalid tool event 'none'");
 				abort();
-			case PERF_TOOL_MAX:
+			case TOOL_PMU__EVENT_MAX:
 				pr_err("Invalid tool event 'max'");
 				abort();
 			default:
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/tool_pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/tool_pmu.c
index 89b64f6482d9..c56fc0c13899 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/tool_pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/tool_pmu.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <strings.h>
 
-static const char *const tool_pmu__event_names[PERF_TOOL_MAX] = {
+static const char *const tool_pmu__event_names[TOOL_PMU__EVENT_MAX] = {
 	NULL,
 	"duration_time",
 	"user_time",
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ static const char *const tool_pmu__event_names[PERF_TOOL_MAX] = {
 };
 
 
-const char *perf_tool_event__to_str(enum perf_tool_event ev)
+const char *perf_tool_event__to_str(enum tool_pmu_event ev)
 {
-	if (ev > PERF_TOOL_NONE && ev < PERF_TOOL_MAX)
+	if (ev > TOOL_PMU__EVENT_NONE && ev < TOOL_PMU__EVENT_MAX)
 		return tool_pmu__event_names[ev];
 
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-enum perf_tool_event perf_tool_event__from_str(const char *str)
+enum tool_pmu_event perf_tool_event__from_str(const char *str)
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ enum perf_tool_event perf_tool_event__from_str(const char *str)
 		if (!strcasecmp(str, tool_pmu__event_names[i]))
 			return i;
 	}
-	return PERF_TOOL_NONE;
+	return TOOL_PMU__EVENT_NONE;
 }
 
 static int tool_pmu__config_term(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ static int tool_pmu__config_term(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
 				 struct parse_events_error *err)
 {
 	if (term->type_term == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER) {
-		enum perf_tool_event ev = perf_tool_event__from_str(term->config);
+		enum tool_pmu_event ev = perf_tool_event__from_str(term->config);
 
-		if (ev == PERF_TOOL_NONE)
+		if (ev == TOOL_PMU__EVENT_NONE)
 			goto err_out;
 
 		attr->config = ev;
@@ -120,12 +120,12 @@ bool evsel__is_tool(const struct evsel *evsel)
 	return perf_pmu__is_tool(evsel->pmu);
 }
 
-enum perf_tool_event evsel__tool_event(const struct evsel *evsel)
+enum tool_pmu_event evsel__tool_event(const struct evsel *evsel)
 {
 	if (!evsel__is_tool(evsel))
-		return PERF_TOOL_NONE;
+		return TOOL_PMU__EVENT_NONE;
 
-	return (enum perf_tool_event)evsel->core.attr.config;
+	return (enum tool_pmu_event)evsel->core.attr.config;
 }
 
 const char *evsel__tool_pmu_event_name(const struct evsel *evsel)
@@ -231,8 +231,8 @@ int evsel__tool_pmu_prepare_open(struct evsel *evsel,
 				 struct perf_cpu_map *cpus,
 				 int nthreads)
 {
-	if ((evsel__tool_event(evsel) == PERF_TOOL_SYSTEM_TIME ||
-	     evsel__tool_event(evsel) == PERF_TOOL_USER_TIME) &&
+	if ((evsel__tool_event(evsel) == TOOL_PMU__EVENT_SYSTEM_TIME ||
+	     evsel__tool_event(evsel) == TOOL_PMU__EVENT_USER_TIME) &&
 	    !evsel->start_times) {
 		evsel->start_times = xyarray__new(perf_cpu_map__nr(cpus),
 						  nthreads,
@@ -249,10 +249,10 @@ int evsel__tool_pmu_open(struct evsel *evsel,
 			 struct perf_thread_map *threads,
 			 int start_cpu_map_idx, int end_cpu_map_idx)
 {
-	enum perf_tool_event ev = evsel__tool_event(evsel);
+	enum tool_pmu_event ev = evsel__tool_event(evsel);
 	int pid = -1, idx = 0, thread = 0, nthreads, err = 0, old_errno;
 
-	if (ev == PERF_TOOL_DURATION_TIME) {
+	if (ev == TOOL_PMU__EVENT_DURATION_TIME) {
 		if (evsel->core.attr.sample_period) /* no sampling */
 			return -EINVAL;
 		evsel->start_time = rdclock();
@@ -271,8 +271,8 @@ int evsel__tool_pmu_open(struct evsel *evsel,
 			if (!evsel->cgrp && !evsel->core.system_wide)
 				pid = perf_thread_map__pid(threads, thread);
 
-			if (ev == PERF_TOOL_USER_TIME || ev == PERF_TOOL_SYSTEM_TIME) {
-				bool system = ev == PERF_TOOL_SYSTEM_TIME;
+			if (ev == TOOL_PMU__EVENT_USER_TIME || ev == TOOL_PMU__EVENT_SYSTEM_TIME) {
+				bool system = ev == TOOL_PMU__EVENT_SYSTEM_TIME;
 				__u64 *start_time = NULL;
 				int fd;
 
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ int evsel__read_tool(struct evsel *evsel, int cpu_map_idx, int thread)
 	count = perf_counts(evsel->counts, cpu_map_idx, thread);
 
 	switch (evsel__tool_event(evsel)) {
-	case PERF_TOOL_DURATION_TIME:
+	case TOOL_PMU__EVENT_DURATION_TIME:
 		/*
 		 * Pretend duration_time is only on the first CPU and thread, or
 		 * else aggregation will scale duration_time by the number of
@@ -352,9 +352,9 @@ int evsel__read_tool(struct evsel *evsel, int cpu_map_idx, int thread)
 		else
 			cur_time = *start_time;
 		break;
-	case PERF_TOOL_USER_TIME:
-	case PERF_TOOL_SYSTEM_TIME: {
-		bool system = evsel__tool_event(evsel) == PERF_TOOL_SYSTEM_TIME;
+	case TOOL_PMU__EVENT_USER_TIME:
+	case TOOL_PMU__EVENT_SYSTEM_TIME: {
+		bool system = evsel__tool_event(evsel) == TOOL_PMU__EVENT_SYSTEM_TIME;
 
 		start_time = xyarray__entry(evsel->start_times, cpu_map_idx, thread);
 		fd = FD(evsel, cpu_map_idx, thread);
@@ -379,8 +379,8 @@ int evsel__read_tool(struct evsel *evsel, int cpu_map_idx, int thread)
 		adjust = true;
 		break;
 	}
-	case PERF_TOOL_NONE:
-	case PERF_TOOL_MAX:
+	case TOOL_PMU__EVENT_NONE:
+	case TOOL_PMU__EVENT_MAX:
 	default:
 		err = -EINVAL;
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/tool_pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/tool_pmu.h
index 05a4052c8b9d..b27a26133927 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/tool_pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/tool_pmu.h
@@ -8,25 +8,25 @@ struct evsel;
 struct perf_thread_map;
 struct print_callbacks;
 
-enum perf_tool_event {
-	PERF_TOOL_NONE = 0,
-	PERF_TOOL_DURATION_TIME = 1,
-	PERF_TOOL_USER_TIME = 2,
-	PERF_TOOL_SYSTEM_TIME = 3,
+enum tool_pmu_event {
+	TOOL_PMU__EVENT_NONE = 0,
+	TOOL_PMU__EVENT_DURATION_TIME = 1,
+	TOOL_PMU__EVENT_USER_TIME = 2,
+	TOOL_PMU__EVENT_SYSTEM_TIME = 3,
 
-	PERF_TOOL_MAX,
+	TOOL_PMU__EVENT_MAX,
 };
 
 #define perf_tool_event__for_each_event(ev)				\
-	for ((ev) = PERF_TOOL_DURATION_TIME; (ev) < PERF_TOOL_MAX; ev++)
+	for ((ev) = TOOL_PMU__EVENT_DURATION_TIME; (ev) < TOOL_PMU__EVENT_MAX; ev++)
 
 static inline size_t tool_pmu__num_events(void)
 {
-	return PERF_TOOL_MAX - 1;
+	return TOOL_PMU__EVENT_MAX - 1;
 }
 
-const char *perf_tool_event__to_str(enum perf_tool_event ev);
-enum perf_tool_event perf_tool_event__from_str(const char *str);
+const char *perf_tool_event__to_str(enum tool_pmu_event ev);
+enum tool_pmu_event perf_tool_event__from_str(const char *str);
 int tool_pmu__config_terms(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
 			   struct parse_events_terms *terms,
 			   struct parse_events_error *err);
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ bool perf_pmu__is_tool(const struct perf_pmu *pmu);
 
 
 bool evsel__is_tool(const struct evsel *evsel);
-enum perf_tool_event evsel__tool_event(const struct evsel *evsel);
+enum tool_pmu_event evsel__tool_event(const struct evsel *evsel);
 const char *evsel__tool_pmu_event_name(const struct evsel *evsel);
 int evsel__tool_pmu_prepare_open(struct evsel *evsel,
 				 struct perf_cpu_map *cpus,
