diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-check.c b/tools/perf/builtin-check.c
index 61a11a9b4e75..bed9df0d7912 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-check.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-check.c
@@ -66,22 +66,16 @@ static void on_off_print(const char *status)
 }
 
 /* Helper function to print status of a feature along with name/macro */
-static void status_print(const char *name, const char *macro,
-			 const char *status)
+void feature_status__printf(const struct feature_status *feature)
 {
+	const char *name = feature->name, *macro = feature->macro,
+		   *status = feature->is_builtin ? "on" : "OFF";
+
 	printf("%22s: ", name);
 	on_off_print(status);
 	printf("  # %s\n", macro);
 }
 
-#define STATUS(feature)                                           \
-do {                                                              \
-	if (feature.is_builtin)                                   \
-		status_print(feature.name, feature.macro, "on");  \
-	else                                                      \
-		status_print(feature.name, feature.macro, "OFF"); \
-} while (0)
-
 /**
  * check whether "feature" is built-in with perf
  *
@@ -95,7 +89,7 @@ static int has_support(const char *feature)
 		if ((strcasecmp(feature, supported_features[i].name) == 0) ||
 		    (strcasecmp(feature, supported_features[i].macro) == 0)) {
 			if (!quiet)
-				STATUS(supported_features[i]);
+				feature_status__printf(&supported_features[i]);
 			return supported_features[i].is_builtin;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-version.c b/tools/perf/builtin-version.c
index e149d96c6dc5..10f25c6705b1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-version.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-version.c
@@ -26,38 +26,10 @@ static const char * const version_usage[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
-static void on_off_print(const char *status)
-{
-	printf("[ ");
-
-	if (!strcmp(status, "OFF"))
-		color_fprintf(stdout, PERF_COLOR_RED, "%-3s", status);
-	else
-		color_fprintf(stdout, PERF_COLOR_GREEN, "%-3s", status);
-
-	printf(" ]");
-}
-
-static void status_print(const char *name, const char *macro,
-			 const char *status)
-{
-	printf("%22s: ", name);
-	on_off_print(status);
-	printf("  # %s\n", macro);
-}
-
-#define STATUS(feature)                                   \
-do {                                                      \
-	if (feature.is_builtin)                               \
-		status_print(feature.name, feature.macro, "on");  \
-	else                                                  \
-		status_print(feature.name, feature.macro, "OFF"); \
-} while (0)
-
 static void library_status(void)
 {
 	for (int i = 0; supported_features[i].name; ++i)
-		STATUS(supported_features[i]);
+		feature_status__printf(&supported_features[i]);
 }
 
 int cmd_version(int argc, const char **argv)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin.h b/tools/perf/builtin.h
index a07e93c53848..b7e60d19fad9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin.h
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin.h
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ struct feature_status {
 	.is_builtin = IS_BUILTIN(macro_) }
 
 extern struct feature_status supported_features[];
+
+void feature_status__printf(const struct feature_status *feature);
+
 struct cmdnames;
 
 void list_common_cmds_help(void);