diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index b4cae47f283e..81a8359e9c29 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -1112,6 +1112,18 @@ struct filter_pred {
 	unsigned short		right;
 };
 
+static inline bool is_string_field(struct ftrace_event_field *field)
+{
+	return field->filter_type == FILTER_DYN_STRING ||
+	       field->filter_type == FILTER_STATIC_STRING ||
+	       field->filter_type == FILTER_PTR_STRING;
+}
+
+static inline bool is_function_field(struct ftrace_event_field *field)
+{
+	return field->filter_type == FILTER_TRACE_FN;
+}
+
 extern enum regex_type
 filter_parse_regex(char *buff, int len, char **search, int *not);
 extern void print_event_filter(struct trace_event_file *file,
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index 6816302542b2..b3f5051cd4e9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -961,18 +961,6 @@ int filter_assign_type(const char *type)
 	return FILTER_OTHER;
 }
 
-static bool is_function_field(struct ftrace_event_field *field)
-{
-	return field->filter_type == FILTER_TRACE_FN;
-}
-
-static bool is_string_field(struct ftrace_event_field *field)
-{
-	return field->filter_type == FILTER_DYN_STRING ||
-	       field->filter_type == FILTER_STATIC_STRING ||
-	       field->filter_type == FILTER_PTR_STRING;
-}
-
 static bool is_legal_op(struct ftrace_event_field *field, int op)
 {
 	if (is_string_field(field) &&