diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/bpf.c b/tools/perf/tests/bpf.c
index cd77e334e5777d1b6d1fcacf795b132182775973..8345ff4acedf2cefcff080d178e2865f4dbdc967 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/bpf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/bpf.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/epoll.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -283,6 +284,7 @@ static int __test__bpf(int idx)
 	}
 
 out:
+	free(obj_buf);
 	bpf__clear();
 	return ret;
 }