diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index 4536a92b18f3..a5120095978e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
  * of the License.
  */
 
+#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+
 #include "builtin.h"
 
 #include "util/util.h"
@@ -328,25 +330,6 @@ struct wakeup_entry {
 	int   success;
 };
 
-/*
- * trace_flag_type is an enumeration that holds different
- * states when a trace occurs. These are:
- *  IRQS_OFF            - interrupts were disabled
- *  IRQS_NOSUPPORT      - arch does not support irqs_disabled_flags
- *  NEED_RESCED         - reschedule is requested
- *  HARDIRQ             - inside an interrupt handler
- *  SOFTIRQ             - inside a softirq handler
- */
-enum trace_flag_type {
-	TRACE_FLAG_IRQS_OFF		= 0x01,
-	TRACE_FLAG_IRQS_NOSUPPORT	= 0x02,
-	TRACE_FLAG_NEED_RESCHED		= 0x04,
-	TRACE_FLAG_HARDIRQ		= 0x08,
-	TRACE_FLAG_SOFTIRQ		= 0x10,
-};
-
-
-
 struct sched_switch {
 	struct trace_entry te;
 	char prev_comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];