diff --git a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
index 04b1d53e4bf9..1d352621bd48 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ char *build_id_cache__linkname(const char *sbuild_id, char *bf, size_t size)
 	return bf;
 }
 
+/* The caller is responsible to free the returned buffer. */
 char *build_id_cache__origname(const char *sbuild_id)
 {
 	char *linkname;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 85977cebf87c..1a7c76d2baa8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -2334,6 +2334,7 @@ void print_sdt_events(const char *subsys_glob, const char *event_glob,
 				printf("  %-50s [%s]\n", buf, "SDT event");
 				free(buf);
 			}
+			free(path);
 		} else
 			printf("  %-50s [%s]\n", nd->s, "SDT event");
 		if (nd2) {