diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
index 8831b96..af664d6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
@@ -530,6 +530,9 @@ void metricgroup__print(bool metrics, bool metricgroups, char *filter,
 						continue;
 					strlist__add(me->metrics, s);
 				}
+
+				if (!raw)
+					free(s);
 			}
 			free(omg);
 		}
@@ -1040,7 +1043,7 @@ static int parse_groups(struct evlist *perf_evlist, const char *str,
 	ret = metricgroup__add_metric_list(str, metric_no_group,
 					   &extra_events, &metric_list, map);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto out;
 	pr_debug("adding %s\n", extra_events.buf);
 	bzero(&parse_error, sizeof(parse_error));
 	ret = __parse_events(perf_evlist, extra_events.buf, &parse_error, fake_pmu);
@@ -1048,11 +1051,11 @@ static int parse_groups(struct evlist *perf_evlist, const char *str,
 		parse_events_print_error(&parse_error, extra_events.buf);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	strbuf_release(&extra_events);
 	ret = metricgroup__setup_events(&metric_list, metric_no_merge,
 					perf_evlist, metric_events);
 out:
 	metricgroup__free_metrics(&metric_list);
+	strbuf_release(&extra_events);
 	return ret;
 }