3 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index bd312b01e87..649b0c59728 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ int perf_evlist__prepare_workload(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 						     void *ucontext));
 int perf_evlist__start_workload(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 
+struct option;
+
 int perf_evlist__parse_mmap_pages(const struct option *opt,
 				  const char *str,
 				  int unset);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index d1ecde0fd56..2f9e68025ed 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #include "asm/bug.h"
 #include "callchain.h"
+#include "cgroup.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "util.h"
@@ -850,17 +851,17 @@ void perf_evsel__exit(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 	assert(list_empty(&evsel->node));
 	perf_evsel__free_fd(evsel);
 	perf_evsel__free_id(evsel);
+	close_cgroup(evsel->cgrp);
+	zfree(&evsel->group_name);
+	if (evsel->tp_format)
+		pevent_free_format(evsel->tp_format);
+	zfree(&evsel->name);
 	perf_evsel__object.fini(evsel);
 }
 
 void perf_evsel__delete(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
 	perf_evsel__exit(evsel);
-	close_cgroup(evsel->cgrp);
-	zfree(&evsel->group_name);
-	if (evsel->tp_format)
-		pevent_free_format(evsel->tp_format);
-	zfree(&evsel->name);
 	free(evsel);
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 1d5c754aebc..163c5604e5d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include "xyarray.h"
-#include "cgroup.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
 
 struct perf_counts_values {
@@ -42,6 +41,8 @@ struct perf_sample_id {
 	u64			period;
 };
 
+struct cgroup_sel;
+
 /** struct perf_evsel - event selector
  *
  * @name - Can be set to retain the original event name passed by the user,