diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
index b3e1304aca0c..1626b0991408 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 static int max_cpu_num;
 static int max_present_cpu_num;
 static int max_node_num;
+/**
+ * The numa node X as read from /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX indexed by the
+ * CPU number.
+ */
 static int *cpunode_map;
 
 static struct perf_cpu_map *cpu_map__from_entries(struct cpu_map_entries *cpus)
@@ -222,11 +226,6 @@ int cpu_map__get_core_id(int cpu)
 	return ret ?: value;
 }
 
-int cpu_map__get_node_id(int cpu)
-{
-	return cpu__get_node(cpu);
-}
-
 struct aggr_cpu_id cpu_map__get_core_aggr_by_cpu(int cpu, void *data)
 {
 	struct aggr_cpu_id id;
@@ -250,7 +249,7 @@ struct aggr_cpu_id cpu_map__get_node_aggr_by_cpu(int cpu, void *data __maybe_unu
 {
 	struct aggr_cpu_id id = aggr_cpu_id__empty();
 
-	id.node = cpu_map__get_node_id(cpu);
+	id.node = cpu__get_node(cpu);
 	return id;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
index 9589b0001a28..f849f01c5860 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ int cpu_map__get_die_id(int cpu);
 struct aggr_cpu_id cpu_map__get_die_aggr_by_cpu(int cpu, void *data);
 int cpu_map__get_core_id(int cpu);
 struct aggr_cpu_id cpu_map__get_core_aggr_by_cpu(int cpu, void *data);
-int cpu_map__get_node_id(int cpu);
 struct aggr_cpu_id cpu_map__get_node_aggr_by_cpu(int cpu, void *data);
 int cpu_map__build_socket_map(struct perf_cpu_map *cpus, struct cpu_aggr_map **sockp);
 int cpu_map__build_die_map(struct perf_cpu_map *cpus, struct cpu_aggr_map **diep);
@@ -58,6 +57,10 @@ int cpu__setup_cpunode_map(void);
 int cpu__max_node(void);
 int cpu__max_cpu(void);
 int cpu__max_present_cpu(void);
+/**
+ * cpu__get_node - Returns the numa node X as read from
+ * /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX for the given CPU.
+ */
 int cpu__get_node(int cpu);
 
 int cpu_map__build_map(struct perf_cpu_map *cpus, struct cpu_aggr_map **res,