diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
index 64b377e591e457746138173cfa59533f887e3d56..14e7a123d43b3f4ab4e04a5aba7448bd5d1106cd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
@@ -841,3 +841,33 @@ char *callchain_list__sym_name(struct callchain_list *cl,
 
 	return bf;
 }
+
+static void free_callchain_node(struct callchain_node *node)
+{
+	struct callchain_list *list, *tmp;
+	struct callchain_node *child;
+	struct rb_node *n;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(list, tmp, &node->val, list) {
+		list_del(&list->list);
+		free(list);
+	}
+
+	n = rb_first(&node->rb_root_in);
+	while (n) {
+		child = container_of(n, struct callchain_node, rb_node_in);
+		n = rb_next(n);
+		rb_erase(&child->rb_node_in, &node->rb_root_in);
+
+		free_callchain_node(child);
+		free(child);
+	}
+}
+
+void free_callchain(struct callchain_root *root)
+{
+	if (!symbol_conf.use_callchain)
+		return;
+
+	free_callchain_node(&root->node);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.h b/tools/perf/util/callchain.h
index dbc08cf5f970a2f25e9451ca5e259a38f5cdbfe1..c0ec1acc38e404aa599b5b6635d004ac2f0e204f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.h
@@ -198,4 +198,6 @@ static inline int arch_skip_callchain_idx(struct thread *thread __maybe_unused,
 char *callchain_list__sym_name(struct callchain_list *cl,
 			       char *bf, size_t bfsize, bool show_dso);
 
+void free_callchain(struct callchain_root *root);
+
 #endif	/* __PERF_CALLCHAIN_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index 0ced178ce306200d44f9a441af34bd588d009af6..182395546ddca63d919886f4b49896fbdd46e3e2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -947,6 +947,7 @@ void hist_entry__free(struct hist_entry *he)
 	zfree(&he->mem_info);
 	zfree(&he->stat_acc);
 	free_srcline(he->srcline);
+	free_callchain(he->callchain);
 	free(he);
 }