1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index ee8c6e814437..967bd351b58d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -2078,6 +2078,7 @@ static int trace__record(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
                         rec_argv[j++] = "syscalls:sys_enter,syscalls:sys_exit";
                 else {
                         pr_err("Neither raw_syscalls nor syscalls events exist.\n");
+                        free(rec_argv);
                         return -1;
                 }
         }