diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 6cfdee6..5191328 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@
 		if (evsel->filter == NULL)
 			continue;
 
-		err = perf_evsel__set_filter(evsel, ncpus, nthreads, evsel->filter);
+		err = perf_evsel__apply_filter(evsel, ncpus, nthreads, evsel->filter);
 		if (err) {
 			*err_evsel = evsel;
 			break;
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@
 		  nthreads = thread_map__nr(evlist->threads);
 
 	evlist__for_each(evlist, evsel) {
-		err = perf_evsel__set_filter(evsel, ncpus, nthreads, filter);
+		err = perf_evsel__apply_filter(evsel, ncpus, nthreads, filter);
 		if (err)
 			break;
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 2936b30..6676774 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -815,8 +815,8 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int perf_evsel__set_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads,
-			   const char *filter)
+int perf_evsel__apply_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads,
+			     const char *filter)
 {
 	return perf_evsel__run_ioctl(evsel, ncpus, nthreads,
 				     PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 4a7ed56..a3ebb83 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@
 void perf_evsel__set_sample_id(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 			       bool use_sample_identifier);
 
-int perf_evsel__set_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads,
-			   const char *filter);
+int perf_evsel__apply_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads,
+			     const char *filter);
 int perf_evsel__enable(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads);
 
 int perf_evsel__open_per_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel,