1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index b55a534b4de0..352cf39d7c2f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -607,7 +607,13 @@ try_again:
          * group leaders.
          */
         read_counters(&(struct timespec) { .tv_nsec = t1-t0 });
-        perf_evlist__close(evsel_list);
+
+        /*
+         * We need to keep evsel_list alive, because it's processed
+         * later the evsel_list will be closed after.
+         */
+        if (!STAT_RECORD)
+                perf_evlist__close(evsel_list);
 
         return WEXITSTATUS(status);
 }
@@ -1997,6 +2003,7 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
                         perf_session__write_header(perf_stat.session, evsel_list, fd, true);
                 }
 
+                perf_evlist__close(evsel_list);
                 perf_session__delete(perf_stat.session);
         }