diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
index 69bfa2a723b2..5a60cb95e31c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
@@ -1693,8 +1693,10 @@ int metricgroup__copy_metric_events(struct evlist *evlist, struct cgroup *cgrp,
 			new_expr->metric_expr = old_expr->metric_expr;
 			new_expr->metric_threshold = old_expr->metric_threshold;
 			new_expr->metric_name = strdup(old_expr->metric_name);
-			if (!new_expr->metric_name)
+			if (!new_expr->metric_name) {
+				free(new_expr);
 				return -ENOMEM;
+			}
 
 			new_expr->metric_unit = old_expr->metric_unit;
 			new_expr->runtime = old_expr->runtime;
@@ -1707,6 +1709,7 @@ int metricgroup__copy_metric_events(struct evlist *evlist, struct cgroup *cgrp,
 				alloc_size = sizeof(*new_expr->metric_refs);
 				new_expr->metric_refs = calloc(nr + 1, alloc_size);
 				if (!new_expr->metric_refs) {
+					zfree(&new_expr->metric_name);
 					free(new_expr);
 					return -ENOMEM;
 				}
@@ -1723,6 +1726,7 @@ int metricgroup__copy_metric_events(struct evlist *evlist, struct cgroup *cgrp,
 			alloc_size = sizeof(*new_expr->metric_events);
 			new_expr->metric_events = calloc(nr + 1, alloc_size);
 			if (!new_expr->metric_events) {
+				zfree(&new_expr->metric_name);
 				zfree(&new_expr->metric_refs);
 				free(new_expr);
 				return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1733,6 +1737,7 @@ int metricgroup__copy_metric_events(struct evlist *evlist, struct cgroup *cgrp,
 				evsel = old_expr->metric_events[idx];
 				evsel = evlist__find_evsel(evlist, evsel->core.idx);
 				if (evsel == NULL) {
+					zfree(&new_expr->metric_name);
 					zfree(&new_expr->metric_events);
 					zfree(&new_expr->metric_refs);
 					free(new_expr);