diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
index 4be3eb74001b..bddb1217d129 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
@@ -130,3 +130,56 @@ void perf_mem__tlb_scnprintf(char *out, size_t sz, struct mem_info *mem_info)
 	if (miss)
 		strncat(out, " miss", sz - l);
 }
+
+static const char * const mem_lvl[] = {
+	"N/A",
+	"HIT",
+	"MISS",
+	"L1",
+	"LFB",
+	"L2",
+	"L3",
+	"Local RAM",
+	"Remote RAM (1 hop)",
+	"Remote RAM (2 hops)",
+	"Remote Cache (1 hop)",
+	"Remote Cache (2 hops)",
+	"I/O",
+	"Uncached",
+};
+
+void perf_mem__lvl_scnprintf(char *out, size_t sz, struct mem_info *mem_info)
+{
+	size_t i, l = 0;
+	u64 m =  PERF_MEM_LVL_NA;
+	u64 hit, miss;
+
+	if (mem_info)
+		m  = mem_info->data_src.mem_lvl;
+
+	sz -= 1; /* -1 for null termination */
+	out[0] = '\0';
+
+	hit = m & PERF_MEM_LVL_HIT;
+	miss = m & PERF_MEM_LVL_MISS;
+
+	/* already taken care of */
+	m &= ~(PERF_MEM_LVL_HIT|PERF_MEM_LVL_MISS);
+
+	for (i = 0; m && i < ARRAY_SIZE(mem_lvl); i++, m >>= 1) {
+		if (!(m & 0x1))
+			continue;
+		if (l) {
+			strcat(out, " or ");
+			l += 4;
+		}
+		strncat(out, mem_lvl[i], sz - l);
+		l += strlen(mem_lvl[i]);
+	}
+	if (*out == '\0')
+		strcpy(out, "N/A");
+	if (hit)
+		strncat(out, " hit", sz - l);
+	if (miss)
+		strncat(out, " miss", sz - l);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.h b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.h
index d8fb8e18418c..bd0d7f7ae113 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.h
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ char *perf_mem_events__name(int i);
 
 struct mem_info;
 void perf_mem__tlb_scnprintf(char *out, size_t sz, struct mem_info *mem_info);
+void perf_mem__lvl_scnprintf(char *out, size_t sz, struct mem_info *mem_info);
 #endif /* __PERF_MEM_EVENTS_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index 160df202c34f..d894759c47f0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -858,60 +858,12 @@ sort__lvl_cmp(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right)
 	return (int64_t)(data_src_r.mem_lvl - data_src_l.mem_lvl);
 }
 
-static const char * const mem_lvl[] = {
-	"N/A",
-	"HIT",
-	"MISS",
-	"L1",
-	"LFB",
-	"L2",
-	"L3",
-	"Local RAM",
-	"Remote RAM (1 hop)",
-	"Remote RAM (2 hops)",
-	"Remote Cache (1 hop)",
-	"Remote Cache (2 hops)",
-	"I/O",
-	"Uncached",
-};
-
 static int hist_entry__lvl_snprintf(struct hist_entry *he, char *bf,
 				    size_t size, unsigned int width)
 {
 	char out[64];
-	size_t sz = sizeof(out) - 1; /* -1 for null termination */
-	size_t i, l = 0;
-	u64 m =  PERF_MEM_LVL_NA;
-	u64 hit, miss;
-
-	if (he->mem_info)
-		m  = he->mem_info->data_src.mem_lvl;
-
-	out[0] = '\0';
-
-	hit = m & PERF_MEM_LVL_HIT;
-	miss = m & PERF_MEM_LVL_MISS;
-
-	/* already taken care of */
-	m &= ~(PERF_MEM_LVL_HIT|PERF_MEM_LVL_MISS);
-
-	for (i = 0; m && i < ARRAY_SIZE(mem_lvl); i++, m >>= 1) {
-		if (!(m & 0x1))
-			continue;
-		if (l) {
-			strcat(out, " or ");
-			l += 4;
-		}
-		strncat(out, mem_lvl[i], sz - l);
-		l += strlen(mem_lvl[i]);
-	}
-	if (*out == '\0')
-		strcpy(out, "N/A");
-	if (hit)
-		strncat(out, " hit", sz - l);
-	if (miss)
-		strncat(out, " miss", sz - l);
 
+	perf_mem__lvl_scnprintf(out, sizeof(out), he->mem_info);
 	return repsep_snprintf(bf, size, "%-*s", width, out);
 }