diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 7acc03e8f3b2eabaf7bdb5620ea463ba6cacabb5..0b39a48e5110a00dde5fa0408c725730ba5fe8ff 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1573,7 +1573,7 @@ void perf_evsel__print_ip(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_sample *sample,
 int perf_session__cpu_bitmap(struct perf_session *session,
 			     const char *cpu_list, unsigned long *cpu_bitmap)
 {
-	int i;
+	int i, err = -1;
 	struct cpu_map *map;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < PERF_TYPE_MAX; ++i) {
@@ -1602,13 +1602,17 @@ int perf_session__cpu_bitmap(struct perf_session *session,
 		if (cpu >= MAX_NR_CPUS) {
 			pr_err("Requested CPU %d too large. "
 			       "Consider raising MAX_NR_CPUS\n", cpu);
-			return -1;
+			goto out_delete_map;
 		}
 
 		set_bit(cpu, cpu_bitmap);
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	err = 0;
+
+out_delete_map:
+	cpu_map__delete(map);
+	return err;
 }
 
 void perf_session__fprintf_info(struct perf_session *session, FILE *fp,