diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
index 932e13d015b9..84c8251f39a1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
@@ -928,6 +928,8 @@ static unsigned int hist_browser__refresh(struct ui_browser *browser)
 	}
 
 	ui_browser__hists_init_top(browser);
+	hb->he_selection = NULL;
+	hb->selection = NULL;
 
 	for (nd = browser->top; nd; nd = rb_next(nd)) {
 		struct hist_entry *h = rb_entry(nd, struct hist_entry, rb_node);