1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
index 7a9b5c55ad5a..39104c0beea3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@ static int setup_sorting(struct list_head *sort_list, const char *arg)
                         break;
                 if (sort_dimension__add(tok, sort_list) < 0) {
                         error("Unknown --sort key: '%s'", tok);
+                        free(str);
                         return -1;
                 }
         }