diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index f5b6137..c4e3b68 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 	perf_evlist__config_attrs(evlist, opts);
 
 	if (opts->group)
-		perf_evlist__group(evlist);
+		perf_evlist__set_leader(evlist);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(pos, &evlist->entries, node) {
 		struct perf_event_attr *attr = &pos->attr;
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 23908a8..7b9c463 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (group)
-		perf_evlist__group(evsel_list);
+		perf_evlist__set_leader(evsel_list);
 
 	first = list_entry(evsel_list->entries.next, struct perf_evsel, node);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 392d219..5a097be 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@
 	struct perf_evlist *evlist = top->evlist;
 
 	if (top->group)
-		perf_evlist__group(evlist);
+		perf_evlist__set_leader(evlist);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(counter, &evlist->entries, node) {
 		struct perf_event_attr *attr = &counter->attr;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index feffee3..6d09451 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -108,10 +108,23 @@
 	evlist->nr_entries += nr_entries;
 }
 
-void perf_evlist__group(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+void __perf_evlist__set_leader(struct list_head *list)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel, *leader;
+
+	leader = list_entry(list->next, struct perf_evsel, node);
+	leader->leader = NULL;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(evsel, list, node) {
+		if (evsel != leader)
+			evsel->leader = leader;
+	}
+}
+
+void perf_evlist__set_leader(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
 	if (evlist->nr_entries)
-		parse_events__set_leader(&evlist->entries);
+		__perf_evlist__set_leader(&evlist->entries);
 }
 
 int perf_evlist__add_default(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index a19ccd7..7fe677e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@
 void perf_evlist__delete_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 int perf_evlist__set_filters(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 
+void __perf_evlist__set_leader(struct list_head *list);
+void perf_evlist__set_leader(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
+
 u64 perf_evlist__sample_type(const struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 bool perf_evlist__sample_id_all(const const struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 u16 perf_evlist__id_hdr_size(const struct perf_evlist *evlist);
@@ -131,6 +134,4 @@
 void perf_evlist__splice_list_tail(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 				   struct list_head *list,
 				   int nr_entries);
-
-void perf_evlist__group(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 #endif /* __PERF_EVLIST_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index f5b68e7..6c7dcc1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -622,10 +622,6 @@
 				err = -errno;
 				goto out_close;
 			}
-
-			pr_debug("event cpu %d, thread %d, fd %d, group %d\n",
-				 cpu, pid, FD(evsel, cpu, thread),
-				 group_fd);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index f6453cd..4393a6b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -611,31 +611,18 @@
 			 pmu_event_name(head_config));
 }
 
-struct perf_evsel *parse_events__set_leader(struct list_head *list)
-{
-	struct perf_evsel *evsel, *leader;
-
-	leader = list_entry(list->next, struct perf_evsel, node);
-	leader->leader = NULL;
-
-	list_for_each_entry(evsel, list, node)
-		if (evsel != leader)
-			evsel->leader = leader;
-
-	return leader;
-}
-
 int parse_events__modifier_group(struct list_head *list,
 				 char *event_mod)
 {
 	return parse_events__modifier_event(list, event_mod, true);
 }
 
-void parse_events__group(char *name, struct list_head *list)
+void parse_events__set_leader(char *name, struct list_head *list)
 {
 	struct perf_evsel *leader;
 
-	leader = parse_events__set_leader(list);
+	__perf_evlist__set_leader(list);
+	leader = list_entry(list->next, struct perf_evsel, node);
 	leader->group_name = name ? strdup(name) : NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index e1a184c..0b9782d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@
 				void *ptr, char *type);
 int parse_events_add_pmu(struct list_head **list, int *idx,
 			 char *pmu , struct list_head *head_config);
-struct perf_evsel *parse_events__set_leader(struct list_head *list);
-void parse_events__group(char *name, struct list_head *list);
+void parse_events__set_leader(char *name, struct list_head *list);
 void parse_events_update_lists(struct list_head *list_event,
 			       struct list_head *list_all);
 void parse_events_error(void *data, void *scanner, char const *msg);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
index 084c35f..66850f8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 {
 	struct list_head *list = $3;
 
-	parse_events__group($1, list);
+	parse_events__set_leader($1, list);
 	$$ = list;
 }
 |
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 {
 	struct list_head *list = $2;
 
-	parse_events__group(NULL, list);
+	parse_events__set_leader(NULL, list);
 	$$ = list;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python.c b/tools/perf/util/python.c
index f5bba4b8..27187f0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/python.c
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (group)
-		perf_evlist__group(evlist);
+		perf_evlist__set_leader(evlist);
 
 	if (perf_evlist__open(evlist) < 0) {
 		PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError);