diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 477c47c84971..7b4350681d64 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "asm/bug.h"
 #include "callchain.h"
 #include "cgroup.h"
+#include "counts.h"
 #include "event.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index da91d6f57f44..296390541030 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <perf/evsel.h>
 #include "symbol_conf.h"
 #include "cpumap.h"
-#include "counts.h"
 
 struct evsel;
 
@@ -93,6 +92,7 @@ enum perf_tool_event {
 };
 
 struct bpf_object;
+struct perf_counts;
 struct xyarray;
 
 /** struct evsel - event selector