3 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index bcf157c8a9da..5ff3c667542f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -475,6 +475,11 @@ int perf_evlist__filter_pollfd(struct perf_evlist *evlist, short revents_and_mas
 	return nr_fds;
 }
 
+int perf_evlist__poll(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int timeout)
+{
+	return poll(evlist->pollfd, evlist->nr_fds, timeout);
+}
+
 static void perf_evlist__id_hash(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 				 struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 				 int cpu, int thread, u64 id)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index bbc2fd01b5c5..d7e99b67c94f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ int perf_evlist__add_pollfd(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int fd);
 int perf_evlist__alloc_pollfd(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 int perf_evlist__filter_pollfd(struct perf_evlist *evlist, short revents_and_mask);
 
+int perf_evlist__poll(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int timeout);
+
 struct perf_evsel *perf_evlist__id2evsel(struct perf_evlist *evlist, u64 id);
 
 struct perf_sample_id *perf_evlist__id2sid(struct perf_evlist *evlist, u64 id);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python.c b/tools/perf/util/python.c
index 12aa9b0d0ba1..4472f8be8e35 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/python.c
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_evlist__poll(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist,
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "|i", kwlist, &timeout))
 		return NULL;
 
-	n = poll(evlist->pollfd, evlist->nr_fds, timeout);
+	n = perf_evlist__poll(evlist, timeout);
 	if (n < 0) {
 		PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError);
 		return NULL;