*  3) two matching events on the same context.
  *
  * The former two cases are handled in the allocation path (perf_event_alloc(),
- * __free_event()), the latter -- before the first perf_install_in_context().
+ * _free_event()), the latter -- before the first perf_install_in_context().
  */
 static int exclusive_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 {
        return true;
 }
 
-static void __free_event(struct perf_event *event)
-{
-       if (!event->parent) {
-               if (event->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN)
-                       put_callchain_buffers();
-       }
-
-       perf_event_free_bpf_prog(event);
-
-       if (event->destroy)
-               event->destroy(event);
-
-       if (event->ctx)
-               put_ctx(event->ctx);
-
-       if (event->pmu) {
-               exclusive_event_destroy(event);
-               module_put(event->pmu->module);
-       }
-
-       call_rcu(&event->rcu_head, free_event_rcu);
-}
-
 static void _free_event(struct perf_event *event)
 {
        irq_work_sync(&event->pending);
        if (is_cgroup_event(event))
                perf_detach_cgroup(event);
 
-       __free_event(event);
+       if (!event->parent) {
+               if (event->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN)
+                       put_callchain_buffers();
+       }
+
+       perf_event_free_bpf_prog(event);
+
+       if (event->destroy)
+               event->destroy(event);
+
+       if (event->ctx)
+               put_ctx(event->ctx);
+
+       if (event->pmu) {
+               exclusive_event_destroy(event);
+               module_put(event->pmu->module);
+       }
+
+       call_rcu(&event->rcu_head, free_event_rcu);
 }
 
 /*