diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index dd525417880a8be5284ad879e38e54ddea6600d0..988bdfa5d8328697b9e50c02bb9e26c80e09a87f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ static void print_noise(struct perf_evsel *evsel, double avg)
 	if (run_count == 1)
 		return;
 
-	ps = evsel->priv;
+	ps = evsel->stats;
 	print_noise_pct(stddev_stats(&ps->res_stats[0]), avg);
 }
 
@@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ static void counter_aggr_cb(struct perf_evsel *counter, void *data,
 			    bool first __maybe_unused)
 {
 	struct caggr_data *cd = data;
-	struct perf_stat_evsel *ps = counter->priv;
+	struct perf_stat_evsel *ps = counter->stats;
 
 	cd->avg += avg_stats(&ps->res_stats[0]);
 	cd->avg_enabled += avg_stats(&ps->res_stats[1]);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index db658785d8282730e3742c55a7716f6c25a90668..64782b19089d4029e004c6a38cc5c5f377999735 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ struct perf_evsel_config_term {
 	} val;
 };
 
+struct perf_stat_evsel;
+
 /** struct perf_evsel - event selector
  *
  * @evlist - evlist this evsel is in, if it is in one.
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ struct perf_evsel {
 	const char		*unit;
 	struct event_format	*tp_format;
 	off_t			id_offset;
+	struct perf_stat_evsel  *stats;
 	void			*priv;
 	u64			db_id;
 	struct cgroup_sel	*cgrp;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.c b/tools/perf/util/stat.c
index 35e9848734d6108e00104de58d35e6773a2ccb95..933de91831fa8aaf14b2d78ef3592912b74ff923 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ double rel_stddev_stats(double stddev, double avg)
 bool __perf_evsel_stat__is(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 			   enum perf_stat_evsel_id id)
 {
-	struct perf_stat_evsel *ps = evsel->priv;
+	struct perf_stat_evsel *ps = evsel->stats;
 
 	return ps->id == id;
 }
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static const char *id_str[PERF_STAT_EVSEL_ID__MAX] = {
 
 void perf_stat_evsel_id_init(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
-	struct perf_stat_evsel *ps = evsel->priv;
+	struct perf_stat_evsel *ps = evsel->stats;
 	int i;
 
 	/* ps->id is 0 hence PERF_STAT_EVSEL_ID__NONE by default */
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ void perf_stat_evsel_id_init(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 static void perf_evsel__reset_stat_priv(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
 	int i;
-	struct perf_stat_evsel *ps = evsel->priv;
+	struct perf_stat_evsel *ps = evsel->stats;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
 		init_stats(&ps->res_stats[i]);
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ static void perf_evsel__reset_stat_priv(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 
 static int perf_evsel__alloc_stat_priv(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
-	evsel->priv = zalloc(sizeof(struct perf_stat_evsel));
-	if (evsel->priv == NULL)
+	evsel->stats = zalloc(sizeof(struct perf_stat_evsel));
+	if (evsel->stats == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	perf_evsel__reset_stat_priv(evsel);
 	return 0;
@@ -128,11 +128,11 @@ static int perf_evsel__alloc_stat_priv(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 
 static void perf_evsel__free_stat_priv(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
-	struct perf_stat_evsel *ps = evsel->priv;
+	struct perf_stat_evsel *ps = evsel->stats;
 
 	if (ps)
 		free(ps->group_data);
-	zfree(&evsel->priv);
+	zfree(&evsel->stats);
 }
 
 static int perf_evsel__alloc_prev_raw_counts(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ int perf_stat_process_counter(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 			      struct perf_evsel *counter)
 {
 	struct perf_counts_values *aggr = &counter->counts->aggr;
-	struct perf_stat_evsel *ps = counter->priv;
+	struct perf_stat_evsel *ps = counter->stats;
 	u64 *count = counter->counts->aggr.values;
 	u64 val;
 	int i, ret;