diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 4a7a7436245161b824fc4ec2088365b1c376f721..55fc1f46892a6a920411db7dc91226bcbe6a7f82 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -348,7 +348,18 @@ static int __cmd_report(void)
 		hists__tty_browse_tree(&session->hists_tree, help);
 
 out_delete:
-	perf_session__delete(session);
+	/*
+	 * Speed up the exit process, for large files this can
+	 * take quite a while.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Enable this when using valgrind or if we ever
+	 * librarize this command.
+	 *
+	 * Also experiment with obstacks to see how much speed
+	 * up we'll get here.
+	 *
+ 	 * perf_session__delete(session);
+ 	 */
 	return ret;
 }