diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
index e205f58b2f3d..07c7e8fb315e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ static void c2c_he_free(void *he)
 	c2c_he = container_of(he, struct c2c_hist_entry, he);
 	if (c2c_he->hists) {
 		hists__delete_entries(&c2c_he->hists->hists);
+		perf_hpp__reset_output_field(&c2c_he->hists->list);
 		zfree(&c2c_he->hists);
 	}