diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
index b9f0a53dfa653fc94d492778d8c4ce622dface71..f2c98774e6653045e7099172ec469f8455b844dc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
@@ -174,6 +174,12 @@ static void cs_etm__free_queue(void *priv)
 {
 	struct cs_etm_queue *etmq = priv;
 
+	if (!etmq)
+		return;
+
+	thread__zput(etmq->thread);
+	cs_etm_decoder__free(etmq->decoder);
+	zfree(&etmq->event_buf);
 	free(etmq);
 }