diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c b/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
index eb19f9a0bc15..d3517a74d95e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ static int __test__pmu_event_aliases(char *pmu_name, int *count)
 	int res = 0;
 	bool use_uncore_table;
 	struct pmu_events_map *map = __test_pmu_get_events_map();
+	struct perf_pmu_alias *a, *tmp;
 
 	if (!map)
 		return -1;
@@ -347,6 +348,10 @@ static int __test__pmu_event_aliases(char *pmu_name, int *count)
 			  pmu_name, alias->name);
 	}
 
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(a, tmp, &aliases, list) {
+		list_del(&a->list);
+		perf_pmu_free_alias(a);
+	}
 	free(pmu);
 	return res;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index f1688e1f6ed7..555cb3524c25 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static void perf_pmu_update_alias(struct perf_pmu_alias *old,
 }
 
 /* Delete an alias entry. */
-static void perf_pmu_free_alias(struct perf_pmu_alias *newalias)
+void perf_pmu_free_alias(struct perf_pmu_alias *newalias)
 {
 	zfree(&newalias->name);
 	zfree(&newalias->desc);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
index 44ccbdbb1c37..b63c4c5e335e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ void pmu_add_cpu_aliases_map(struct list_head *head, struct perf_pmu *pmu,
 
 struct pmu_events_map *perf_pmu__find_map(struct perf_pmu *pmu);
 bool pmu_uncore_alias_match(const char *pmu_name, const char *name);
+void perf_pmu_free_alias(struct perf_pmu_alias *alias);
 
 int perf_pmu__convert_scale(const char *scale, char **end, double *sval);