diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index e239e322e0306d7f95a371062b8df99be2731136..4039ff4c07883168b614db8337efd610a73a733a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -2266,6 +2266,14 @@ static void *syscall__augmented_args(struct syscall *sc, struct perf_sample *sam
 	return augmented_args;
 }
 
+static void syscall__exit(struct syscall *sc)
+{
+	if (!sc)
+		return;
+
+	free(sc->arg_fmt);
+}
+
 static int trace__sys_enter(struct trace *trace, struct evsel *evsel,
 			    union perf_event *event __maybe_unused,
 			    struct perf_sample *sample)
@@ -4703,9 +4711,15 @@ static int trace__config(const char *var, const char *value, void *arg)
 
 static void trace__exit(struct trace *trace)
 {
+	int i;
+
 	strlist__delete(trace->ev_qualifier);
 	free(trace->ev_qualifier_ids.entries);
-	free(trace->syscalls.table);
+	if (trace->syscalls.table) {
+		for (i = 0; i <= trace->sctbl->syscalls.max_id; i++)
+			syscall__exit(&trace->syscalls.table[i]);
+		free(trace->syscalls.table);
+	}
 	syscalltbl__delete(trace->sctbl);
 	zfree(&trace->perfconfig_events);
 }