diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c b/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
index 4248d1e..ddbc775 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
@@ -543,11 +543,10 @@
 		perf_evlist__munmap(evlist);
 		perf_evlist__close(evlist);
 		perf_evlist__delete(evlist);
-	}
-	if (cpus)
+	} else {
 		cpu_map__delete(cpus);
-	if (threads)
 		thread_map__delete(threads);
+	}
 	machines__destroy_kernel_maps(&machines);
 	machine__delete_threads(machine);
 	machines__exit(&machines);
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c b/tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c
index 27eb751..f9bc1fc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c
@@ -145,11 +145,10 @@
 		perf_evlist__munmap(evlist);
 		perf_evlist__close(evlist);
 		perf_evlist__delete(evlist);
-	}
-	if (cpus)
+	} else {
 		cpu_map__delete(cpus);
-	if (threads)
 		thread_map__delete(threads);
+	}
 
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c b/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
index d64ab79..bbb334d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@
 		perf_evsel__close_fd(evsels[i], 1, threads->nr);
 out_free_evlist:
 	perf_evlist__delete(evlist);
+	cpus	= NULL;
+	threads = NULL;
 out_free_cpus:
 	cpu_map__delete(cpus);
 out_free_threads:
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/open-syscall-tp-fields.c b/tools/perf/tests/open-syscall-tp-fields.c
index 774620a..595b577 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/open-syscall-tp-fields.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/open-syscall-tp-fields.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 	err = perf_evlist__open(evlist);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		pr_debug("perf_evlist__open: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-		goto out_delete_maps;
+		goto out_delete_evlist;
 	}
 
 	err = perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, UINT_MAX, false);
@@ -114,8 +114,6 @@
 	perf_evlist__munmap(evlist);
 out_close_evlist:
 	perf_evlist__close(evlist);
-out_delete_maps:
-	perf_evlist__delete_maps(evlist);
 out_delete_evlist:
 	perf_evlist__delete(evlist);
 out:
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c b/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
index fa0ed35..266da9d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 	err = perf_evlist__prepare_workload(evlist, &opts.target, argv, false, NULL);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		pr_debug("Couldn't run the workload!\n");
-		goto out_delete_maps;
+		goto out_delete_evlist;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 	err = sched__get_first_possible_cpu(evlist->workload.pid, &cpu_mask);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		pr_debug("sched__get_first_possible_cpu: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-		goto out_delete_maps;
+		goto out_delete_evlist;
 	}
 
 	cpu = err;
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 	 */
 	if (sched_setaffinity(evlist->workload.pid, cpu_mask_size, &cpu_mask) < 0) {
 		pr_debug("sched_setaffinity: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-		goto out_delete_maps;
+		goto out_delete_evlist;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 	err = perf_evlist__open(evlist);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		pr_debug("perf_evlist__open: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-		goto out_delete_maps;
+		goto out_delete_evlist;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -306,8 +306,6 @@
 	perf_evlist__munmap(evlist);
 out_close_evlist:
 	perf_evlist__close(evlist);
-out_delete_maps:
-	perf_evlist__delete_maps(evlist);
 out_delete_evlist:
 	perf_evlist__delete(evlist);
 out:
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c b/tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c
index c6398b9..97d08ff 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c
@@ -170,10 +170,6 @@
 		perf_evlist__close(evlist);
 		perf_evlist__delete(evlist);
 	}
-	if (cpus)
-		cpu_map__delete(cpus);
-	if (threads)
-		thread_map__delete(threads);
 
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/sw-clock.c b/tools/perf/tests/sw-clock.c
index 6664a7c..266d381 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/sw-clock.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/sw-clock.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 	evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr);
 	if (evsel == NULL) {
 		pr_debug("perf_evsel__new\n");
-		goto out_free_evlist;
+		goto out_delete_evlist;
 	}
 	perf_evlist__add(evlist, evsel);
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 	if (!evlist->cpus || !evlist->threads) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		pr_debug("Not enough memory to create thread/cpu maps\n");
-		goto out_delete_maps;
+		goto out_delete_evlist;
 	}
 
 	if (perf_evlist__open(evlist)) {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 		err = -errno;
 		pr_debug("Couldn't open evlist: %s\nHint: check %s, using %" PRIu64 " in this test.\n",
 			 strerror(errno), knob, (u64)attr.sample_freq);
-		goto out_delete_maps;
+		goto out_delete_evlist;
 	}
 
 	err = perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, 128, true);
@@ -109,9 +109,7 @@
 	perf_evlist__munmap(evlist);
 out_close_evlist:
 	perf_evlist__close(evlist);
-out_delete_maps:
-	perf_evlist__delete_maps(evlist);
-out_free_evlist:
+out_delete_evlist:
 	perf_evlist__delete(evlist);
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/task-exit.c b/tools/perf/tests/task-exit.c
index 44e339d..fdeb2aa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/task-exit.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/task-exit.c
@@ -62,14 +62,14 @@
 	if (!evlist->cpus || !evlist->threads) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		pr_debug("Not enough memory to create thread/cpu maps\n");
-		goto out_delete_maps;
+		goto out_delete_evlist;
 	}
 
 	err = perf_evlist__prepare_workload(evlist, &target, argv, false,
 					    workload_exec_failed_signal);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		pr_debug("Couldn't run the workload!\n");
-		goto out_delete_maps;
+		goto out_delete_evlist;
 	}
 
 	evsel = perf_evlist__first(evlist);
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 	err = perf_evlist__open(evlist);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		pr_debug("Couldn't open the evlist: %s\n", strerror(-err));
-		goto out_delete_maps;
+		goto out_delete_evlist;
 	}
 
 	if (perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, 128, true) < 0) {
@@ -115,8 +115,7 @@
 	perf_evlist__munmap(evlist);
 out_close_evlist:
 	perf_evlist__close(evlist);
-out_delete_maps:
-	perf_evlist__delete_maps(evlist);
+out_delete_evlist:
 	perf_evlist__delete(evlist);
 	return err;
 }