diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index a9df84692d4a..dac87dccaaaa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -1434,19 +1434,18 @@ static int evlist__create_syswide_maps(struct evlist *evlist)
 	 */
 	cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
 	if (!cpus)
-		goto out;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	threads = perf_thread_map__new_dummy();
-	if (!threads)
-		goto out_put;
+	if (!threads) {
+		perf_cpu_map__put(cpus);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	perf_evlist__set_maps(&evlist->core, cpus, threads);
-
 	perf_thread_map__put(threads);
-out_put:
 	perf_cpu_map__put(cpus);
-out:
-	return -ENOMEM;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int evlist__open(struct evlist *evlist)