1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index a7460868124b..d7f21d71eb69 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -538,8 +538,10 @@ int event__process_task(event_t *self, struct perf_session *session)
         dump_printf("(%d:%d):(%d:%d)\n", self->fork.pid, self->fork.tid,
                     self->fork.ppid, self->fork.ptid);
 
-        if (self->header.type == PERF_RECORD_EXIT)
+        if (self->header.type == PERF_RECORD_EXIT) {
+                perf_session__remove_thread(session, thread);
                 return 0;
+        }
 
         if (thread == NULL || parent == NULL ||
             thread__fork(thread, parent) < 0) {