diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c b/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c
index c481b62f2ce4..6a875a0f01bb 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ static void perf_evlist__purge(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 void perf_evlist__exit(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
 	perf_cpu_map__put(evlist->cpus);
+	perf_cpu_map__put(evlist->all_cpus);
 	perf_thread_map__put(evlist->threads);
 	evlist->cpus = NULL;
 	evlist->all_cpus = NULL;