diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
index 1272559fa22d9eb60367f34594ebd18a7e76e8d3..b81cec33b4b2e4e07cac866a514e6369499b0c16 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
@@ -297,8 +297,7 @@ static void cleanup_params(void)
 		clear_perf_probe_event(params.events + i);
 	line_range__clear(&params.line_range);
 	free(params.target);
-	if (params.filter)
-		strfilter__delete(params.filter);
+	strfilter__delete(params.filter);
 	memset(&params, 0, sizeof(params));
 }