diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
index 4187b5c9397a4715a8f16f198b274bf34704784e..e850c5d909c0905e69d6199f3ae908bdca108b4e 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
@@ -783,6 +783,8 @@ prog_dump(struct bpf_prog_info *info, enum dump_mode mode,
 		kernel_syms_destroy(&dd);
 	}
 
+	btf__free(btf);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1976,8 +1978,8 @@ static char *profile_target_name(int tgt_fd)
 	struct bpf_prog_info_linear *info_linear;
 	struct bpf_func_info *func_info;
 	const struct btf_type *t;
+	struct btf *btf = NULL;
 	char *name = NULL;
-	struct btf *btf;
 
 	info_linear = bpf_program__get_prog_info_linear(
 		tgt_fd, 1UL << BPF_PROG_INFO_FUNC_INFO);
@@ -2001,6 +2003,7 @@ static char *profile_target_name(int tgt_fd)
 	}
 	name = strdup(btf__name_by_offset(btf, t->name_off));
 out:
+	btf__free(btf);
 	free(info_linear);
 	return name;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c
index 4eb02762104bad04908b80119535aed028cb2f09..40ef2e61ceb5f82cdab2e31e756080ce7ebebbb6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static int perf_event__synthesize_one_bpf_prog(struct perf_session *session,
 
 out:
 	free(info_linear);
-	free(btf);
+	btf__free(btf);
 	return err ? -1 : 0;
 }
 
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static void perf_env__add_bpf_info(struct perf_env *env, u32 id)
 	perf_env__fetch_btf(env, btf_id, btf);
 
 out:
-	free(btf);
+	btf__free(btf);
 	close(fd);
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c
index 04f89120b3232d3744caeb582ce2b95ce0d69367..df98270932a65425b0482a3fb68f8f7e7933d71e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ static char *bpf_target_prog_name(int tgt_fd)
 	struct bpf_prog_info_linear *info_linear;
 	struct bpf_func_info *func_info;
 	const struct btf_type *t;
+	struct btf *btf = NULL;
 	char *name = NULL;
-	struct btf *btf;
 
 	info_linear = bpf_program__get_prog_info_linear(
 		tgt_fd, 1UL << BPF_PROG_INFO_FUNC_INFO);
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ static char *bpf_target_prog_name(int tgt_fd)
 	}
 	name = strdup(btf__name_by_offset(btf, t->name_off));
 out:
+	btf__free(btf);
 	free(info_linear);
 	return name;
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf.c
index 055d2c0486edf1fc3fb4adcccaa35b642a9da784..9ca65b171e611468eb9d794462e61c2f8acce2ac 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf.c
@@ -4254,6 +4254,7 @@ static void do_test_file(unsigned int test_num)
 	fprintf(stderr, "OK");
 
 done:
+	btf__free(btf);
 	free(func_info);
 	bpf_object__close(obj);
 }