diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index bae0e5b72c0e6..064da7f3618d3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -2601,6 +2601,12 @@ static void perf_script__exit_per_event_dump_stats(struct perf_script *script)
 	}
 }
 
+static void perf_script__exit(struct perf_script *script)
+{
+	perf_thread_map__put(script->threads);
+	perf_cpu_map__put(script->cpus);
+}
+
 static int __cmd_script(struct perf_script *script)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -4146,6 +4152,7 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
 	zstd_fini(&(session->zstd_data));
 	evlist__free_stats(session->evlist);
 	perf_session__delete(session);
+	perf_script__exit(&script);
 
 	if (script_started)
 		cleanup_scripting();