1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index b36b536a9fcb..13fd9fdf91e0 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -269,10 +269,10 @@ static int add_new_comm(struct tep_handle *tep,
                 errno = ENOMEM;
                 return -1;
         }
+        tep->cmdlines = cmdlines;
 
         cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count].comm = strdup(comm);
         if (!cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count].comm) {
-                free(cmdlines);
                 errno = ENOMEM;
                 return -1;
         }
@@ -283,7 +283,6 @@ static int add_new_comm(struct tep_handle *tep,
                 tep->cmdline_count++;
 
         qsort(cmdlines, tep->cmdline_count, sizeof(*cmdlines), cmdline_cmp);
-        tep->cmdlines = cmdlines;
 
         return 0;
 }