1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 369c03648f88..559c516f1cec 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -2078,8 +2078,10 @@ static int process_group_desc(struct perf_file_section *section __maybe_unused,
                 if (evsel->idx == (int) desc[i].leader_idx) {
                         evsel->leader = evsel;
                         /* {anon_group} is a dummy name */
-                        if (strcmp(desc[i].name, "{anon_group}"))
+                        if (strcmp(desc[i].name, "{anon_group}")) {
                                 evsel->group_name = desc[i].name;
+                                desc[i].name = NULL;
+                        }
                         evsel->nr_members = desc[i].nr_members;
 
                         if (i >= nr_groups || nr > 0) {