diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/progress.c b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/progress.c
index 903426fe27cfb67694328fcbbcfe15d2792d338d..482bcf3df9b7a293b16b4e2b4f0091d9ee87bb95 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/progress.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/progress.c
@@ -40,8 +40,17 @@ static void gtk_progress_update(u64 curr, u64 total, const char *title)
 		gtk_main_iteration();
 }
 
+static void gtk_progress_finish(void)
+{
+	/* this will also destroy all of its children */
+	gtk_widget_destroy(dialog);
+
+	dialog = NULL;
+}
+
 static struct ui_progress gtk_progress_fns = {
 	.update		= gtk_progress_update,
+	.finish		= gtk_progress_finish,
 };
 
 void perf_gtk__init_progress(void)
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/progress.c b/tools/perf/ui/progress.c
index f5e4d1b95c7569e9e15a10061897aedcd5edb39e..3ec695607a4d074f844f4922805d52556b2ec645 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/progress.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/progress.c
@@ -18,3 +18,9 @@ void ui_progress__update(u64 curr, u64 total, const char *title)
 {
 	return progress_fns->update(curr, total, title);
 }
+
+void ui_progress__finish(void)
+{
+	if (progress_fns->finish)
+		progress_fns->finish();
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/progress.h b/tools/perf/ui/progress.h
index 717814b32169d8f27d90bc7575fb5bec2b5c97fc..257cc224f9cff6d29acc81c0db9d315ed4b2b39a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/progress.h
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/progress.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 struct ui_progress {
 	void (*update)(u64, u64, const char *);
+	void (*finish)(void);
 };
 
 extern struct ui_progress *progress_fns;
@@ -12,5 +13,6 @@ extern struct ui_progress *progress_fns;
 void ui_progress__init(void);
 
 void ui_progress__update(u64 curr, u64 total, const char *title);
+void ui_progress__finish(void);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.h b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
index dec98750b48472ab4f34b7dc1b0856c6ae895909..83e8d234af6b149a045902c267dbb8c6b8926ad0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ int ui__error(const char *format, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)));
 static inline void ui_progress__update(u64 curr __maybe_unused,
 				       u64 total __maybe_unused,
 				       const char *title __maybe_unused) {}
+static inline void ui_progress__finish(void) {}
 
 #define ui__error(format, arg...) ui__warning(format, ##arg)
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 15abe40dc7021bd8229563a092ce63e67e4d2ccd..ce6f5116238670c0b5f737533cc65ef3f924d220 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1458,6 +1458,7 @@ int __perf_session__process_events(struct perf_session *session,
 	session->ordered_samples.next_flush = ULLONG_MAX;
 	err = flush_sample_queue(session, tool);
 out_err:
+	ui_progress__finish();
 	perf_session__warn_about_errors(session, tool);
 	perf_session_free_sample_buffers(session);
 	return err;