diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/switch-tracking.c b/tools/perf/tests/switch-tracking.c
index 15a2ab765d890..3ebaa758df77e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/switch-tracking.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/switch-tracking.c
@@ -574,10 +574,9 @@ int test__switch_tracking(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_
 	if (evlist) {
 		evlist__disable(evlist);
 		evlist__delete(evlist);
-	} else {
-		perf_cpu_map__put(cpus);
-		perf_thread_map__put(threads);
 	}
+	perf_cpu_map__put(cpus);
+	perf_thread_map__put(threads);
 
 	return err;