diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index ffd3107..698da1da 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@
 		}
 
 		if (kernel == NULL)
-			kernel = __dsos__findnew(&machine->dsos, kmmap_prefix);
+			kernel = machine__findnew_dso(machine, kmmap_prefix);
 		if (kernel == NULL)
 			goto out_problem;
 
@@ -1915,3 +1915,8 @@
 	}
 	return err;
 }
+
+struct dso *machine__findnew_dso(struct machine *machine, const char *filename)
+{
+	return __dsos__findnew(&machine->dsos, filename);
+}