diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index e7bd3f331cb8..13b801496a01 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ static int latency_switch_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
 		}
 	}
 	if (add_sched_out_event(out_events, prev_state, timestamp))
-		return -1;
+		goto out_put;
 
 	in_events = thread_atoms_search(&sched->atom_root, sched_in, &sched->cmp_pid);
 	if (!in_events) {