diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 615fdc63452e..e37653b0f2d0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "util/string2.h"
 #include "util/thread-stack.h"
 #include "util/time-utils.h"
+#include "util/path.h"
 #include "print_binary.h"
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
@@ -2129,19 +2130,6 @@ static int parse_output_fields(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused,
 	return rc;
 }
 
-/* Helper function for filesystems that return a dent->d_type DT_UNKNOWN */
-static int is_directory(const char *base_path, const struct dirent *dent)
-{
-	char path[PATH_MAX];
-	struct stat st;
-
-	sprintf(path, "%s/%s", base_path, dent->d_name);
-	if (stat(path, &st))
-		return 0;
-
-	return S_ISDIR(st.st_mode);
-}
-
 #define for_each_lang(scripts_path, scripts_dir, lang_dirent)		\
 	while ((lang_dirent = readdir(scripts_dir)) != NULL)		\
 		if ((lang_dirent->d_type == DT_DIR ||			\
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/path.c b/tools/perf/util/path.c
index 933f5c6bffb4..ca56ba2dd3da 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/path.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/path.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 static char bad_path[] = "/bad-path/";
@@ -77,3 +78,16 @@ bool is_regular_file(const char *file)
 
 	return S_ISREG(st.st_mode);
 }
+
+/* Helper function for filesystems that return a dent->d_type DT_UNKNOWN */
+bool is_directory(const char *base_path, const struct dirent *dent)
+{
+	char path[PATH_MAX];
+	struct stat st;
+
+	sprintf(path, "%s/%s", base_path, dent->d_name);
+	if (stat(path, &st))
+		return false;
+
+	return S_ISDIR(st.st_mode);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/path.h b/tools/perf/util/path.h
index 14a254ada7eb..f014f905df50 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/path.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/path.h
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 #ifndef _PERF_PATH_H
 #define _PERF_PATH_H
 
+struct dirent;
+
 int path__join(char *bf, size_t size, const char *path1, const char *path2);
 int path__join3(char *bf, size_t size, const char *path1, const char *path2, const char *path3);
 
 bool is_regular_file(const char *file);
+bool is_directory(const char *base_path, const struct dirent *dent);
 
 #endif /* _PERF_PATH_H */