diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index 6d0f85894f383..5f94ee740c5b9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -1015,12 +1015,6 @@ static int hist_entry__snoop_snprintf(struct hist_entry *he, char *bf,
 	return repsep_snprintf(bf, size, "%-*s", width, out);
 }
 
-static inline  u64 cl_address(u64 address)
-{
-	/* return the cacheline of the address */
-	return (address & ~(cacheline_size - 1));
-}
-
 static int64_t
 sort__dcacheline_cmp(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.h b/tools/perf/util/sort.h
index 89a1273fd2da9..46f159f9d947b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.h
@@ -162,6 +162,11 @@ static inline float hist_entry__get_percent_limit(struct hist_entry *he)
 	return period * 100.0 / total_period;
 }
 
+static inline u64 cl_address(u64 address)
+{
+	/* return the cacheline of the address */
+	return (address & ~(cacheline_size - 1));
+}
 
 enum sort_mode {
 	SORT_MODE__NORMAL,