diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/map_perf_ring.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/map_perf_ring.c
index 1832100d1b274db7b71045e4dfe9e7e00e534ae0..6d41323be291bbf7e18348375aa88006d36facda 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/map_perf_ring.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/map_perf_ring.c
@@ -194,8 +194,10 @@ int do_event_pipe(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	while (argc) {
-		if (argc < 2)
+		if (argc < 2) {
 			BAD_ARG();
+			goto err_close_map;
+		}
 
 		if (is_prefix(*argv, "cpu")) {
 			char *endptr;
@@ -221,6 +223,7 @@ int do_event_pipe(int argc, char **argv)
 			NEXT_ARG();
 		} else {
 			BAD_ARG();
+			goto err_close_map;
 		}
 
 		do_all = false;