diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index b6f0725068bda07d46d43f52c8097003d7375bb7..6016112e801ab3c5b99e82c6edc7fa8459e22475 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -994,6 +994,9 @@ static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
 
 			handler = evsel->handler.func;
 			handler(trace, evsel, &sample);
+
+			if (done)
+				goto out_unmap_evlist;
 		}
 	}