diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 1521b6df2606..3e6b9f216e80 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -827,6 +827,7 @@ static int __run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv, int run_idx)
 		}
 	}
 	affinity__cleanup(affinity);
+	affinity = NULL;
 
 	evlist__for_each_entry(evsel_list, counter) {
 		if (!counter->supported) {
@@ -965,6 +966,7 @@ static int __run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv, int run_idx)
 	if (forks)
 		evlist__cancel_workload(evsel_list);
 
+	affinity__cleanup(affinity);
 	return err;
 }