1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
index 7b0ca7cbb7de..8ad8e755127b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
@@ -531,12 +531,14 @@ struct tracing_data *tracing_data_get(struct list_head *pattrs,
                          "/tmp/perf-XXXXXX");
                 if (!mkstemp(tdata->temp_file)) {
                         pr_debug("Can't make temp file");
+                        free(tdata);
                         return NULL;
                 }
 
                 temp_fd = open(tdata->temp_file, O_RDWR);
                 if (temp_fd < 0) {
                         pr_debug("Can't read '%s'", tdata->temp_file);
+                        free(tdata);
                         return NULL;
                 }