diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 227befb..4356144 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -1240,8 +1240,7 @@
 
 	list_for_each_entry(pos, &evsel_list->entries, node) {
 		if (perf_evsel__alloc_stat_priv(pos) < 0 ||
-		    perf_evsel__alloc_counts(pos, evsel_list->cpus->nr) < 0 ||
-		    perf_evsel__alloc_fd(pos, evsel_list->cpus->nr, evsel_list->threads->nr) < 0)
+		    perf_evsel__alloc_counts(pos, evsel_list->cpus->nr) < 0)
 			goto out_free_fd;
 	}