1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 4fb6f726271c..10fc7e844872 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ static int __cmd_top(struct perf_top *top)
                 param.sched_priority = top->realtime_prio;
                 if (sched_setscheduler(0, SCHED_FIFO, &param)) {
                         ui__error("Could not set realtime priority.\n");
-                        goto out_delete;
+                        goto out_join;
                 }
         }
 
@@ -979,6 +979,8 @@ static int __cmd_top(struct perf_top *top)
         }
 
         ret = 0;
+out_join:
+        pthread_join(thread, NULL);
 out_delete:
         perf_session__delete(top->session);
         top->session = NULL;