oe->max_alloc_size = (u64) -1;
        oe->cur_alloc_size = 0;
 }
+
+void ordered_events__free(struct ordered_events *oe)
+{
+       while (!list_empty(&oe->to_free)) {
+               struct ordered_event *event;
+
+               event = list_entry(oe->to_free.next, struct ordered_event, list);
+               list_del(&event->list);
+               free(event);
+       }
+}
 
 int ordered_events__flush(struct perf_session *s, struct perf_tool *tool,
                          enum oe_flush how);
 void ordered_events__init(struct ordered_events *oe);
+void ordered_events__free(struct ordered_events *oe);
 #endif /* __ORDERED_EVENTS_H */
 
        [PERF_RECORD_HEADER_MAX]          = NULL,
 };
 
-static void perf_session_free_sample_buffers(struct perf_session *session)
-{
-       struct ordered_events *oe = &session->ordered_events;
-
-       while (!list_empty(&oe->to_free)) {
-               struct ordered_event *event;
-
-               event = list_entry(oe->to_free.next, struct ordered_event, list);
-               list_del(&event->list);
-               free(event);
-       }
-}
-
 /*
  * When perf record finishes a pass on every buffers, it records this pseudo
  * event.
 out_err:
        free(buf);
        perf_session__warn_about_errors(session, tool);
-       perf_session_free_sample_buffers(session);
+       ordered_events__free(&session->ordered_events);
        return err;
 }
 
 out_err:
        ui_progress__finish();
        perf_session__warn_about_errors(session, tool);
-       perf_session_free_sample_buffers(session);
+       ordered_events__free(&session->ordered_events);
        session->one_mmap = false;
        return err;
 }