diff --git a/examples/cgroup_skb/main.go b/examples/cgroup_skb/main.go
index 7fcf3941a..8870f5fed 100644
--- a/examples/cgroup_skb/main.go
+++ b/examples/cgroup_skb/main.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ func main() {
 	// Read loop reporting the total amount of times the kernel
 	// function was entered, once per second.
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(1 * time.Second)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
 
 	for range ticker.C {
 		var value uint64
diff --git a/examples/kprobe/main.go b/examples/kprobe/main.go
index a64333a92..d775a6513 100644
--- a/examples/kprobe/main.go
+++ b/examples/kprobe/main.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ func main() {
 	// Read loop reporting the total amount of times the kernel
 	// function was entered, once per second.
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(1 * time.Second)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
 
 	log.Println("Waiting for events..")
 
diff --git a/examples/kprobe_percpu/main.go b/examples/kprobe_percpu/main.go
index 7c8b4c69d..7b5afa16e 100644
--- a/examples/kprobe_percpu/main.go
+++ b/examples/kprobe_percpu/main.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ func main() {
 	// Read loop reporting the total amount of times the kernel
 	// function was entered, once per second.
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(1 * time.Second)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
 
 	log.Println("Waiting for events..")
 
diff --git a/examples/kprobepin/main.go b/examples/kprobepin/main.go
index cfac5b972..b265871c6 100644
--- a/examples/kprobepin/main.go
+++ b/examples/kprobepin/main.go
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ func main() {
 	// Read loop reporting the total amount of times the kernel
 	// function was entered, once per second.
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(1 * time.Second)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
 
 	log.Println("Waiting for events..")
 
diff --git a/examples/tracepoint_in_c/main.go b/examples/tracepoint_in_c/main.go
index c6b1b67da..e1c6601bc 100644
--- a/examples/tracepoint_in_c/main.go
+++ b/examples/tracepoint_in_c/main.go
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ func main() {
 	// Read loop reporting the total amount of times the kernel
 	// function was entered, once per second.
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(1 * time.Second)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+
 	log.Println("Waiting for events..")
 	for range ticker.C {
 		var value uint64