diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index d430ff42208ab9dc06a26d1bffe175f9fdd4f931..378f76cdf923d660f0d9b8448139d9a3e91169f0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -2199,16 +2199,11 @@ static struct script_desc *script_desc__findnew(const char *name)
 
 	s = script_desc__new(name);
 	if (!s)
-		goto out_delete_desc;
+		return NULL;
 
 	script_desc__add(s);
 
 	return s;
-
-out_delete_desc:
-	script_desc__delete(s);
-
-	return NULL;
 }
 
 static const char *ends_with(const char *str, const char *suffix)