diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data.c b/tools/perf/util/data.c
index 48094fde0a68..d8cfc19ddb10 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data.c
@@ -12,16 +12,6 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 
-#ifndef O_CLOEXEC
-#ifdef __sparc__
-#define O_CLOEXEC	0x400000
-#elif defined(__alpha__) || defined(__hppa__)
-#define O_CLOEXEC	010000000
-#else
-#define O_CLOEXEC	02000000
-#endif
-#endif
-
 static bool check_pipe(struct perf_data *data)
 {
 	struct stat st;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 01434509c2e9..9496365da3d7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -68,4 +68,14 @@ extern bool perf_singlethreaded;
 void perf_set_singlethreaded(void);
 void perf_set_multithreaded(void);
 
+#ifndef O_CLOEXEC
+#ifdef __sparc__
+#define O_CLOEXEC      0x400000
+#elif defined(__alpha__) || defined(__hppa__)
+#define O_CLOEXEC      010000000
+#else
+#define O_CLOEXEC      02000000
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #endif /* GIT_COMPAT_UTIL_H */