diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index b55a534b4de0..352cf39d7c2f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -607,7 +607,13 @@ try_again:
 	 * group leaders.
 	 */
 	read_counters(&(struct timespec) { .tv_nsec = t1-t0 });
-	perf_evlist__close(evsel_list);
+
+	/*
+	 * We need to keep evsel_list alive, because it's processed
+	 * later the evsel_list will be closed after.
+	 */
+	if (!STAT_RECORD)
+		perf_evlist__close(evsel_list);
 
 	return WEXITSTATUS(status);
 }
@@ -1997,6 +2003,7 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
 			perf_session__write_header(perf_stat.session, evsel_list, fd, true);
 		}
 
+		perf_evlist__close(evsel_list);
 		perf_session__delete(perf_stat.session);
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index ebb46da4dfe5..52459dd5ad0c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1291,6 +1291,7 @@ static void perf_evsel__free_id(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 	xyarray__delete(evsel->sample_id);
 	evsel->sample_id = NULL;
 	zfree(&evsel->id);
+	evsel->ids = 0;
 }
 
 static void perf_evsel__free_config_terms(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
@@ -2077,6 +2078,7 @@ void perf_evsel__close(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 
 	perf_evsel__close_fd(evsel);
 	perf_evsel__free_fd(evsel);
+	perf_evsel__free_id(evsel);
 }
 
 int perf_evsel__open_per_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel,