diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
index eabb922ef295..c9584dbedf77 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static void c2c_he_free(void *he)
 
 	c2c_he = container_of(he, struct c2c_hist_entry, he);
 	if (c2c_he->hists) {
-		hists__delete_entries(&c2c_he->hists->hists);
+		hists__delete_all_entries(&c2c_he->hists->hists);
 		perf_hpp__reset_output_field(&c2c_he->hists->list);
 		zfree(&c2c_he->hists);
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index df978c996b6c..c93915625ee7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -3041,7 +3041,7 @@ static void hists__delete_remaining_entries(struct rb_root_cached *root)
 	}
 }
 
-static void hists__delete_all_entries(struct hists *hists)
+void hists__delete_all_entries(struct hists *hists)
 {
 	hists__delete_entries(hists);
 	hists__delete_remaining_entries(&hists->entries_in_array[0]);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index 8fb89d81ef06..b830cbe7f95b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ int hists__collapse_resort(struct hists *hists, struct ui_progress *prog);
 
 void hists__decay_entries(struct hists *hists, bool zap_user, bool zap_kernel);
 void hists__delete_entries(struct hists *hists);
+void hists__delete_all_entries(struct hists *hists);
 void hists__output_recalc_col_len(struct hists *hists, int max_rows);
 
 struct hist_entry *hists__get_entry(struct hists *hists, int idx);