1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
index b98ee2a2eb44..a278e1eee5f5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
@@ -297,10 +297,8 @@ static int read_event_file(struct tep_handle *pevent, char *sys,
         }
 
         ret = do_read(buf, size);
-        if (ret < 0) {
-                free(buf);
+        if (ret < 0)
                 goto out;
-        }
 
         ret = parse_event_file(pevent, buf, size, sys);
         if (ret < 0)