diff --git a/tools/perf/util/vdso.c b/tools/perf/util/vdso.c
index 3cc91ad048ea..43beb169631d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/vdso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/vdso.c
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ static struct dso *__machine__addnew_vdso(struct machine *machine, const char *s
 	if (dso != NULL) {
 		__dsos__add(&machine->dsos, dso);
 		dso__set_long_name(dso, long_name, false);
+		/* Put dso here because __dsos_add already got it */
+		dso__put(dso);
 	}
 
 	return dso;