1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 4c03bb7a4eba..5411be4cfd77 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -221,7 +221,10 @@ static struct perf_header_attr *get_header_attr(struct perf_event_attr *a, int n
         } else {
                 h_attr = perf_header_attr__new(a);
                 if (h_attr != NULL)
-                        perf_header__add_attr(header, h_attr);
+                        if (perf_header__add_attr(header, h_attr) < 0) {
+                                perf_header_attr__delete(h_attr);
+                                h_attr = NULL;
+                        }
         }
 
         return h_attr;