diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index c2e5d56a291dcf3d8bdb140cfffbb42d6c5ab6f6..c6fa3cbd45a9c0b374c5d2fc361b72f10699e3a5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -1713,12 +1713,7 @@ int cmd_kvm(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		perf_guest = 1;
 
 	if (!file_name) {
-		if (perf_host && !perf_guest)
-			file_name = strdup("perf.data.host");
-		else if (!perf_host && perf_guest)
-			file_name = strdup("perf.data.guest");
-		else
-			file_name = strdup("perf.data.kvm");
+		file_name = get_filename_for_perf_kvm();
 
 		if (!file_name) {
 			pr_err("Failed to allocate memory for filename\n");
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index bae8756a4eb1ed7221518879bb1e841c7f9c8e0c..4a57609c0b43ba1f89ae3fee149aea8cc2755d7a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -482,3 +482,17 @@ int filename__read_str(const char *filename, char **buf, size_t *sizep)
 	close(fd);
 	return err;
 }
+
+const char *get_filename_for_perf_kvm(void)
+{
+	const char *filename;
+
+	if (perf_host && !perf_guest)
+		filename = strdup("perf.data.host");
+	else if (!perf_host && perf_guest)
+		filename = strdup("perf.data.guest");
+	else
+		filename = strdup("perf.data.kvm");
+
+	return filename;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 659abf30e01bf3a13779a712b3ec50031420b852..0171213d1d4db8c5cff8cda8a1458f1bf170735c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -321,4 +321,6 @@ void free_srcline(char *srcline);
 
 int filename__read_int(const char *filename, int *value);
 int filename__read_str(const char *filename, char **buf, size_t *sizep);
+
+const char *get_filename_for_perf_kvm(void);
 #endif /* GIT_COMPAT_UTIL_H */