3 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/expr.c b/tools/perf/util/expr.c
index b39fd39f10ec..45b25530db5b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/expr.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/expr.c
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ __expr__parse(double *val, struct parse_ctx *ctx, const char *expr,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int expr__parse(double *final_val, struct parse_ctx *ctx, const char **pp)
+int expr__parse(double *final_val, struct parse_ctx *ctx, const char *expr)
 {
-	return __expr__parse(final_val, ctx, *pp, EXPR_PARSE);
+	return __expr__parse(final_val, ctx, expr, EXPR_PARSE);
 }
 
 static bool
@@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ already_seen(const char *val, const char *one, const char **other,
 	return false;
 }
 
-int expr__find_other(const char *p, const char *one, const char ***other,
+int expr__find_other(const char *expr, const char *one, const char ***other,
 		     int *num_other)
 {
 	int err, i = 0, j = 0;
 	struct parse_ctx ctx;
 
 	expr__ctx_init(&ctx);
-	err = __expr__parse(NULL, &ctx, p, EXPR_OTHER);
+	err = __expr__parse(NULL, &ctx, expr, EXPR_OTHER);
 	if (err)
 		return -1;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/expr.h b/tools/perf/util/expr.h
index df0a17df0cef..9377538f4097 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/expr.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/expr.h
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ struct parse_ctx {
 
 void expr__ctx_init(struct parse_ctx *ctx);
 void expr__add_id(struct parse_ctx *ctx, const char *id, double val);
-int expr__parse(double *final_val, struct parse_ctx *ctx, const char **pp);
-int expr__find_other(const char *p, const char *one, const char ***other,
+int expr__parse(double *final_val, struct parse_ctx *ctx, const char *expr);
+int expr__find_other(const char *expr, const char *one, const char ***other,
 		int *num_other);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
index 90d23cc3c8d4..0fd713d3674f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
@@ -777,9 +777,7 @@ static void generic_metric(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 	}
 
 	if (!metric_events[i]) {
-		const char *p = metric_expr;
-
-		if (expr__parse(&ratio, &pctx, &p) == 0) {
+		if (expr__parse(&ratio, &pctx, metric_expr) == 0) {
 			char *unit;
 			char metric_bf[64];