diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
index a4088ced1e64493944b2b7b66514ba05e302fba8..dfd1bd8371a4cba9fc31d164bada0400f0ca01a9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ static char *event_read_name(void)
 static int event_read_id(void)
 {
 	char *token;
-	int id;
+	int id = -1;
 
 	if (read_expected_item(EVENT_ITEM, "ID") < 0)
 		return -1;
@@ -731,15 +731,13 @@ static int event_read_id(void)
 		return -1;
 
 	if (read_expect_type(EVENT_ITEM, &token) < 0)
-		goto fail;
+		goto free;
 
 	id = strtoul(token, NULL, 0);
-	free_token(token);
-	return id;
 
- fail:
+ free:
 	free_token(token);
-	return -1;
+	return id;
 }
 
 static int field_is_string(struct format_field *field)