diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.h b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
index c6c24c522dea..58720a181591 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 extern int verbose;
 extern int dump_trace;
 
-int eprintf(int level,
-	    const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)));
 int dump_printf(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)));
 void trace_event(event_t *event);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/kernel.h b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/kernel.h
index f2611655ab51..388ab1bfd114 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -85,16 +85,19 @@ simple_strtoul(const char *nptr, char **endptr, int base)
 	return strtoul(nptr, endptr, base);
 }
 
+int eprintf(int level,
+	    const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)));
+
 #ifndef pr_fmt
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) fmt
 #endif
 
 #define pr_err(fmt, ...) \
-	do { fprintf(stderr, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
+	eprintf(0, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define pr_warning(fmt, ...) \
-	do { fprintf(stderr, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
+	eprintf(0, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define pr_info(fmt, ...) \
-	do { fprintf(stderr, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
+	eprintf(0, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define pr_debug(fmt, ...) \
 	eprintf(1, pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define pr_debugN(n, fmt, ...) \