diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/hashmap.c b/tools/lib/bpf/hashmap.c
index 6122272943e6..9ef9f6201d8b 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/hashmap.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/hashmap.c
@@ -56,7 +56,14 @@ struct hashmap *hashmap__new(hashmap_hash_fn hash_fn,
 
 void hashmap__clear(struct hashmap *map)
 {
+	struct hashmap_entry *cur, *tmp;
+	int bkt;
+
+	hashmap__for_each_entry_safe(map, cur, tmp, bkt) {
+		free(cur);
+	}
 	free(map->buckets);
+	map->buckets = NULL;
 	map->cap = map->cap_bits = map->sz = 0;
 }