diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/header.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/header.c
index 97037499152ef785837b8815aac4da7907dfebf5..a9de0b5187dd4f7488e8ac1cf5be873012cfa4d2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/header.c
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ static int _get_cpuid(char *buf, size_t sz, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus)
 	if (!sysfs || sz < MIDR_SIZE)
 		return EINVAL;
 
-	cpus = perf_cpu_map__get(cpus);
-
 	for (cpu = 0; cpu < perf_cpu_map__nr(cpus); cpu++) {
 		char path[PATH_MAX];
 		FILE *file;
@@ -51,7 +49,6 @@ static int _get_cpuid(char *buf, size_t sz, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	perf_cpu_map__put(cpus);
 	return ret;
 }