1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
index 96bbda1ddb83..0922aa4218c2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ void close_cgroup(struct cgroup_sel *cgrp)
         /* XXX: not reentrant */
         if (--cgrp->refcnt == 0) {
                 close(cgrp->fd);
-                free(cgrp->name);
+                zfree(&cgrp->name);
                 free(cgrp);
         }
 }