diff --git a/include/spdk/event.h b/include/spdk/event.h
index fe1939bb2..d59882147 100644
--- a/include/spdk/event.h
+++ b/include/spdk/event.h
@@ -206,9 +206,6 @@ struct spdk_event *spdk_event_allocate(uint32_t lcore, spdk_event_fn fn,
  */
 void spdk_event_call(struct spdk_event *event);
 
-/* TODO: This is only used by tests and should be made private */
-uint32_t spdk_event_queue_run_batch(uint32_t lcore);
-
 /**
  * \brief Register a poller on the given lcore.
  */
diff --git a/include/spdk_internal/event.h b/include/spdk_internal/event.h
index e7d45f9d1..7e2c49e36 100644
--- a/include/spdk_internal/event.h
+++ b/include/spdk_internal/event.h
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ int spdk_reactors_fini(void);
 void spdk_reactors_start(void);
 void spdk_reactors_stop(void);
 
+uint32_t spdk_event_queue_run_batch(uint32_t lcore);
+
 struct spdk_subsystem {
 	const char *name;
 	int (*init)(void);
diff --git a/test/lib/event/Makefile b/test/lib/event/Makefile
index e615cc870..7b7dd4b07 100644
--- a/test/lib/event/Makefile
+++ b/test/lib/event/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 SPDK_ROOT_DIR := $(abspath $(CURDIR)/../../..)
 include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.common.mk
 
-DIRS-y = event reactor subsystem
+DIRS-y = event_perf reactor subsystem
 
 .PHONY: all clean $(DIRS-y)
 
diff --git a/test/lib/event/event.sh b/test/lib/event/event.sh
index f850ed66d..114092898 100755
--- a/test/lib/event/event.sh
+++ b/test/lib/event/event.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ rootdir=$testdir/../../..
 source $rootdir/scripts/autotest_common.sh
 
 timing_enter event
-$testdir/event/event -m 0xF -t 5
+$testdir/event_perf/event_perf -m 0xF -t 5
 $testdir/reactor/reactor -t 1
 $testdir/subsystem/subsystem_ut
 timing_exit event
diff --git a/test/lib/event/event/.gitignore b/test/lib/event/event/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index c8d248f02..000000000
--- a/test/lib/event/event/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-event
diff --git a/test/lib/event/event_perf/.gitignore b/test/lib/event/event_perf/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2bdb558da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lib/event/event_perf/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+event_perf
diff --git a/test/lib/event/event/Makefile b/test/lib/event/event_perf/Makefile
similarity index 98%
rename from test/lib/event/event/Makefile
rename to test/lib/event/event_perf/Makefile
index 16a01b5ee..c9e5ca812 100644
--- a/test/lib/event/event/Makefile
+++ b/test/lib/event/event_perf/Makefile
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.app.mk
 include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.common.mk
 
 CFLAGS += $(ENV_CFLAGS)
-APP = event
-C_SRCS := event.c
+APP = event_perf
+C_SRCS := event_perf.c
 
 SPDK_LIB_LIST = event trace conf util log
 
diff --git a/test/lib/event/event/event.c b/test/lib/event/event_perf/event_perf.c
similarity index 98%
rename from test/lib/event/event/event.c
rename to test/lib/event/event_perf/event_perf.c
index 475892b4c..dcd114539 100644
--- a/test/lib/event/event/event.c
+++ b/test/lib/event/event_perf/event_perf.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 
 #include "spdk/env.h"
 #include "spdk/event.h"
+#include "spdk_internal/event.h"
 #include "spdk/log.h"
 
 static uint64_t g_tsc_rate;
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	int i;
 
 	spdk_app_opts_init(&opts);
-	opts.name = "event";
+	opts.name = "event_perf";
 
 	g_time_in_sec = 0;