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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-record.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 1a9098c697b4..d19058a7b84c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -256,6 +256,10 @@ try_again:
"trying to fall back to cpu-clock-ticks\n");
attr->type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE;
attr->config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK;
+ if (pos->name) {
+ free(pos->name);
+ pos->name = NULL;
+ }
goto try_again;
}