diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index faf892aecdf4..e3afb830fbcc 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -1643,6 +1643,9 @@ extern int event_enable_register_trigger(char *glob,
 extern void event_enable_unregister_trigger(char *glob,
 					    struct event_trigger_data *test,
 					    struct trace_event_file *file);
+extern struct event_trigger_data *
+trigger_data_alloc(struct event_command *cmd_ops, char *cmd, char *param,
+		   void *private_data);
 extern void trigger_data_free(struct event_trigger_data *data);
 extern int event_trigger_init(struct event_trigger_data *data);
 extern int trace_event_trigger_enable_disable(struct trace_event_file *file,
@@ -1669,11 +1672,6 @@ extern bool event_trigger_check_remove(const char *glob);
 extern bool event_trigger_empty_param(const char *param);
 extern int event_trigger_separate_filter(char *param_and_filter, char **param,
 					 char **filter, bool param_required);
-extern struct event_trigger_data *
-event_trigger_alloc(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
-		    char *cmd,
-		    char *param,
-		    void *private_data);
 extern int event_trigger_parse_num(char *trigger,
 				   struct event_trigger_data *trigger_data);
 extern int event_trigger_set_filter(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index 29fcd8787344..88985aefb71f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -6806,7 +6806,7 @@ static int event_hist_trigger_parse(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
 		return PTR_ERR(hist_data);
 	}
 
-	trigger_data = event_trigger_alloc(cmd_ops, cmd, param, hist_data);
+	trigger_data = trigger_data_alloc(cmd_ops, cmd, param, hist_data);
 	if (!trigger_data) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_free;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
index 2c233c0d38fa..4c92def8b114 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 /**
- * event_trigger_alloc - allocate and init event_trigger_data for a trigger
+ * trigger_data_alloc - allocate and init event_trigger_data for a trigger
  * @cmd_ops: The event_command operations for the trigger
  * @cmd: The cmd string
  * @param: The param string
@@ -820,14 +820,14 @@ out:
  * trigger_ops to assign to the event_trigger_data.  @private_data can
  * also be passed in and associated with the event_trigger_data.
  *
- * Use event_trigger_free() to free an event_trigger_data object.
+ * Use trigger_data_free() to free an event_trigger_data object.
  *
  * Return: The trigger_data object success, NULL otherwise
  */
-struct event_trigger_data *event_trigger_alloc(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
-					       char *cmd,
-					       char *param,
-					       void *private_data)
+struct event_trigger_data *trigger_data_alloc(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
+					      char *cmd,
+					      char *param,
+					      void *private_data)
 {
 	struct event_trigger_data *trigger_data;
 	struct event_trigger_ops *trigger_ops;
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ event_trigger_parse(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
 		return ret;
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	trigger_data = event_trigger_alloc(cmd_ops, cmd, param, file);
+	trigger_data = trigger_data_alloc(cmd_ops, cmd, param, file);
 	if (!trigger_data)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ int event_enable_trigger_parse(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
 	enable_data->enable = enable;
 	enable_data->file = event_enable_file;
 
-	trigger_data = event_trigger_alloc(cmd_ops, cmd, param, enable_data);
+	trigger_data = trigger_data_alloc(cmd_ops, cmd, param, enable_data);
 	if (!trigger_data) {
 		kfree(enable_data);
 		goto out;