diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 5d60de6fd81840e6d07724b8f91e9da9c00f81d4..74d967619dcfb0278beacbf9380830d2b98cf915 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -8137,9 +8137,12 @@ void perf_buffer__free(struct perf_buffer *pb)
 	if (!pb)
 		return;
 	if (pb->cpu_bufs) {
-		for (i = 0; i < pb->cpu_cnt && pb->cpu_bufs[i]; i++) {
+		for (i = 0; i < pb->cpu_cnt; i++) {
 			struct perf_cpu_buf *cpu_buf = pb->cpu_bufs[i];
 
+			if (!cpu_buf)
+				continue;
+
 			bpf_map_delete_elem(pb->map_fd, &cpu_buf->map_key);
 			perf_buffer__free_cpu_buf(pb, cpu_buf);
 		}