diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index fd1909a..bb68ddf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -1018,13 +1018,17 @@
 			__script_root = get_script_root(&script_dirent, suffix);
 			if (__script_root && !strcmp(script_root, __script_root)) {
 				free(__script_root);
+				closedir(lang_dir);
+				closedir(scripts_dir);
 				snprintf(script_path, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/%s",
 					 lang_path, script_dirent.d_name);
 				return strdup(script_path);
 			}
 			free(__script_root);
 		}
+		closedir(lang_dir);
 	}
+	closedir(scripts_dir);
 
 	return NULL;
 }