diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 80cc3ea07788..9f2344a2c506 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		ui__error("%s", errbuf);
 
 		err = -saved_errno;
-		goto out_free_fd;
+		goto out_symbol_exit;
 	}
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
@@ -1059,6 +1059,9 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	}
 
 	err = __cmd_record(&record, argc, argv);
+
+	perf_evlist__munmap(evsel_list);
+	perf_evlist__close(evsel_list);
 out_free_fd:
 	perf_evlist__delete_maps(evsel_list);
 out_symbol_exit: