diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index dc16231f7a5d849b7e6ae8737c8718689a5497f8..7fde9fb7996696bd97c875661dfb54d20fd6d706 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -673,9 +673,8 @@ void perf_evsel__free_counts(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 void perf_evsel__exit(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
 	assert(list_empty(&evsel->node));
-	xyarray__delete(evsel->fd);
-	xyarray__delete(evsel->sample_id);
-	free(evsel->id);
+	perf_evsel__free_fd(evsel);
+	perf_evsel__free_id(evsel);
 }
 
 void perf_evsel__delete(struct perf_evsel *evsel)