1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 6031dce0429f..d4a5f9b7f4f9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ try_again:
                                 attr->config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK;
                                 if (counter->name) {
                                         free(counter->name);
-                                        counter->name = strdup(event_name(counter));
+                                        counter->name = NULL;
                                 }
                                 goto try_again;
                         }