diff --git a/tools/perf/util/tracepoint.c b/tools/perf/util/tracepoint.c
index 89ef56c43311..92dd8b455b90 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/tracepoint.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/tracepoint.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ int is_valid_tracepoint(const char *event_string)
 				 sys_dirent->d_name, evt_dirent->d_name);
 			if (!strcmp(evt_path, event_string)) {
 				closedir(evt_dir);
+				put_events_file(dir_path);
 				closedir(sys_dir);
 				return 1;
 			}