diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
index 4404a99eee45..d64aec6c7c84 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ static int perf_mmap__aio_alloc(struct mmap *map, int idx)
 
 static void perf_mmap__aio_free(struct mmap *map, int idx)
 {
-	if (map->aio.data[idx]) {
-		munmap(map->aio.data[idx], mmap__mmap_len(map));
-		map->aio.data[idx] = NULL;
-	}
+	if (!map->aio.data || !map->aio.data[idx])
+		return;
+	munmap(map->aio.data[idx], mmap__mmap_len(map));
+	map->aio.data[idx] = NULL;
 }
 
 static int perf_mmap__aio_bind(struct mmap *map, int idx, struct perf_cpu cpu, int affinity)
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ static int perf_mmap__aio_alloc(struct mmap *map, int idx)
 
 static void perf_mmap__aio_free(struct mmap *map, int idx)
 {
+	if (!map->aio.data)
+		return;
 	zfree(&(map->aio.data[idx]));
 }