diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index e0f95755361b5fcc10ac4a53fe97a6e221924a7c..806a9998fcd595bb8311f67a7d02d82168e0a5f0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -748,8 +748,8 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 out_free_fd:
 	list_for_each_entry(pos, &evsel_list->entries, node)
 		perf_evsel__free_stat_priv(pos);
-	perf_evlist__delete(evsel_list);
-out:
 	perf_evlist__delete_maps(evsel_list);
+out:
+	perf_evlist__delete(evsel_list);
 	return status;
 }