diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index f91d8b1fbd01..ad8ca08ceb5f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -2276,8 +2276,8 @@ static int script_find_metrics(const struct pmu_metric *pm,
 	}
 	pr_debug("Found metric '%s' whose evsels match those of in the perf data\n",
 		 pm->metric_name);
-	evlist__put(metric_evlist);
 out:
+	evlist__put(metric_evlist);
 	return 0;
 }