diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 2d8d53bec17e35dd58f1eced0a710f48980f2ec2..d64ff299a3b3aaea9aba52c557ac934b1897c898 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ static int add_tracepoint_multi(struct list_head **list, int *idx,
 		ret = add_tracepoint(list, idx, sys_name, evt_ent->d_name);
 	}
 
+	closedir(evt_dir);
 	return ret;
 }