diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c b/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
index ea772d41e472..b5d0be524655 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
@@ -84,5 +84,6 @@ int test__perf_evsel__tp_sched_test(int subtest __maybe_unused)
 	if (perf_evsel__test_field(evsel, "target_cpu", 4, true))
 		ret = -1;
 
+	perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
 	return ret;
 }