diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c b/tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c
index e6f1b2a38e032..a0438b0f08052 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c
@@ -154,10 +154,9 @@ int test__keep_tracking(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_un
 	if (evlist) {
 		evlist__disable(evlist);
 		evlist__delete(evlist);
-	} else {
-		perf_cpu_map__put(cpus);
-		perf_thread_map__put(threads);
 	}
+	perf_cpu_map__put(cpus);
+	perf_thread_map__put(threads);
 
 	return err;
 }