diff --git a/tools/perf/util/affinity.c b/tools/perf/util/affinity.c
index f1e30d566db3..4d216c0dc425 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/affinity.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/affinity.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ void affinity__set(struct affinity *a, int cpu)
 	clear_bit(cpu, a->sched_cpus);
 }
 
-void affinity__cleanup(struct affinity *a)
+static void __affinity__cleanup(struct affinity *a)
 {
 	int cpu_set_size = get_cpu_set_size();
 
@@ -71,3 +71,9 @@ void affinity__cleanup(struct affinity *a)
 	zfree(&a->sched_cpus);
 	zfree(&a->orig_cpus);
 }
+
+void affinity__cleanup(struct affinity *a)
+{
+	if (a != NULL)
+		__affinity__cleanup(a);
+}