1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index 4e2e61695986..01de01ca14f2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -1732,8 +1732,10 @@ static int timechart__io_record(int argc, const char **argv)
         if (rec_argv == NULL)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        if (asprintf(&filter, "common_pid != %d", getpid()) < 0)
+        if (asprintf(&filter, "common_pid != %d", getpid()) < 0) {
+                free(rec_argv);
                 return -ENOMEM;
+        }
 
         p = rec_argv;
         for (i = 0; i < common_args_nr; i++)