diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c
index 14ad54a1c404..d72dd73a4016 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c
@@ -58,11 +58,19 @@ bool show_pinned;
 struct pinned_obj_table prog_table;
 struct pinned_obj_table map_table;
 
+static void __noreturn clean_and_exit(int i)
+{
+	if (json_output)
+		jsonw_destroy(&json_wtr);
+
+	exit(i);
+}
+
 void usage(void)
 {
 	last_do_help(last_argc - 1, last_argv + 1);
 
-	exit(-1);
+	clean_and_exit(-1);
 }
 
 static int do_help(int argc, char **argv)
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h b/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h
index 9c191e222d6f..0b60ddfb2b93 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/hashtable.h>
 
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ void p_info(const char *fmt, ...);
 
 bool is_prefix(const char *pfx, const char *str);
 void fprint_hex(FILE *f, void *arg, unsigned int n, const char *sep);
-void usage(void) __attribute__((noreturn));
+void usage(void) __noreturn;
 
 struct pinned_obj_table {
 	DECLARE_HASHTABLE(table, 16);