diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 526f67753664..aa706fca410e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ static void read_counters(bool close)
 	}
 }
 
-static void print_interval(void)
+static void process_interval(void)
 {
 	static int num_print_interval;
 	struct perf_evsel *counter;
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ static int __run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
 		if (interval) {
 			while (!waitpid(child_pid, &status, WNOHANG)) {
 				nanosleep(&ts, NULL);
-				print_interval();
+				process_interval();
 			}
 		}
 		wait(&status);
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ static int __run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
 		while (!done) {
 			nanosleep(&ts, NULL);
 			if (interval)
-				print_interval();
+				process_interval();
 		}
 	}