1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index 5484fa4385fc..93c8b6fbc799 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -370,8 +370,10 @@ static struct thread *__machine__findnew_thread(struct machine *machine,
                  * within thread__init_map_groups to find the thread
                  * leader and that would screwed the rb tree.
                  */
-                if (thread__init_map_groups(th, machine))
+                if (thread__init_map_groups(th, machine)) {
+                        thread__delete(th);
                         return NULL;
+                }
         }
 
         return th;