diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
index 4222ac784fab..f51fa23f3bf1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
@@ -2155,6 +2155,11 @@ static int c2c_hists__reinit(struct c2c_hists *c2c_hists,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void c2c_hists__exit(struct c2c_hists *c2c_hists)
+{
+	perf_hpp__reset_output_field(&c2c_hists->list);
+}
+
 #define DISPLAY_LINE_LIMIT  0.001
 
 static u8 filter_display(u32 val, u32 sum)
@@ -2563,7 +2568,7 @@ static void print_pareto(FILE *out, struct perf_env *env)
 	ret = hpp_list__parse(&hpp_list, cl_output, /*evlist=*/NULL, env);
 
 	if (WARN_ONCE(ret, "failed to setup sort entries\n"))
-		return;
+		goto out;
 
 	nd = rb_first_cached(&c2c.hists.hists.entries);
 
@@ -2577,6 +2582,9 @@ static void print_pareto(FILE *out, struct perf_env *env)
 		c2c_he = container_of(he, struct c2c_hist_entry, he);
 		print_cacheline(c2c_he->hists, he, &hpp_list, out);
 	}
+
+out:
+	perf_hpp__reset_output_field(&hpp_list);
 }
 
 static void print_c2c_info(FILE *out, struct perf_session *session)
@@ -3378,12 +3386,12 @@ static int perf_c2c__report(int argc, const char **argv)
 	err = setup_nodes(session);
 	if (err) {
 		pr_err("Failed setup nodes\n");
-		goto out_session;
+		goto out_hists;
 	}
 
 	err = mem2node__init(&c2c.mem2node, env);
 	if (err)
-		goto out_session;
+		goto out_hists;
 
 	err = setup_callchain(session->evlist);
 	if (err)
@@ -3525,6 +3533,8 @@ static int perf_c2c__report(int argc, const char **argv)
 	free(output_str);
 out_mem2node:
 	mem2node__exit(&c2c.mem2node);
+out_hists:
+	c2c_hists__exit(&c2c.hists);
 out_session:
 	perf_session__delete(session);
 out: