diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 8c03a9862872d49575bba13c1dd531856240d768..bae0e5b72c0e6050fb829a9adb99b6be5f171fad 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -4143,6 +4143,7 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
 		zfree(&script.ptime_range);
 	}
 
+	zstd_fini(&(session->zstd_data));
 	evlist__free_stats(session->evlist);
 	perf_session__delete(session);