diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c b/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
index 57093aeacc6f46..73ae8f7aa0660e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
@@ -158,8 +158,6 @@ int test__basic_mmap(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_unuse
 
 out_delete_evlist:
 	evlist__delete(evlist);
-	cpus	= NULL;
-	threads = NULL;
 out_free_cpus:
 	perf_cpu_map__put(cpus);
 out_free_threads: