diff --git a/src/gallium/auxiliary/nir/tgsi_to_nir.c b/src/gallium/auxiliary/nir/tgsi_to_nir.c
index a9acd6f0186..44b81b8ae28 100644
--- a/src/gallium/auxiliary/nir/tgsi_to_nir.c
+++ b/src/gallium/auxiliary/nir/tgsi_to_nir.c
@@ -2600,6 +2600,7 @@ load_nir_from_disk_cache(struct disk_cache *cache,
     * However we do still check if the first element is indeed the size,
     * as we cannot fully trust disk_cache_get (EGL_ANDROID_blob_cache) */
    if (buffer[0] != size) {
+      free(buffer);
       return NULL;
    }