diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 724d3720c9b12..cae4a9481777b 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ struct perf_guest_info_callbacks {
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include <linux/perf_regs.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
+#include <linux/cgroup.h>
 #include <asm/local.h>
 
 struct perf_callchain_entry {
@@ -547,6 +548,35 @@ struct perf_output_handle {
 	int				page;
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_PERF
+
+/*
+ * perf_cgroup_info keeps track of time_enabled for a cgroup.
+ * This is a per-cpu dynamically allocated data structure.
+ */
+struct perf_cgroup_info {
+	u64				time;
+	u64				timestamp;
+};
+
+struct perf_cgroup {
+	struct cgroup_subsys_state	css;
+	struct perf_cgroup_info	__percpu *info;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Must ensure cgroup is pinned (css_get) before calling
+ * this function. In other words, we cannot call this function
+ * if there is no cgroup event for the current CPU context.
+ */
+static inline struct perf_cgroup *
+perf_cgroup_from_task(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	return container_of(task_css(task, perf_event_cgrp_id),
+			    struct perf_cgroup, css);
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_CGROUP_PERF */
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
 
 extern int perf_pmu_register(struct pmu *pmu, const char *name, int type);
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 20cece0a7aea2..072de31432448 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
 #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
+#include <linux/cgroup.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/ftrace_event.h>
 #include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
 #include <linux/mm_types.h>
-#include <linux/cgroup.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mman.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
@@ -351,32 +351,6 @@ static void perf_ctx_unlock(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_PERF
 
-/*
- * perf_cgroup_info keeps track of time_enabled for a cgroup.
- * This is a per-cpu dynamically allocated data structure.
- */
-struct perf_cgroup_info {
-	u64				time;
-	u64				timestamp;
-};
-
-struct perf_cgroup {
-	struct cgroup_subsys_state	css;
-	struct perf_cgroup_info	__percpu *info;
-};
-
-/*
- * Must ensure cgroup is pinned (css_get) before calling
- * this function. In other words, we cannot call this function
- * if there is no cgroup event for the current CPU context.
- */
-static inline struct perf_cgroup *
-perf_cgroup_from_task(struct task_struct *task)
-{
-	return container_of(task_css(task, perf_event_cgrp_id),
-			    struct perf_cgroup, css);
-}
-
 static inline bool
 perf_cgroup_match(struct perf_event *event)
 {