diff --git a/src/egl/wayland/wayland-drm/wayland-drm.c b/src/egl/wayland/wayland-drm/wayland-drm.c
index 45380ecb09e..e4751fd83e5 100644
--- a/src/egl/wayland/wayland-drm/wayland-drm.c
+++ b/src/egl/wayland/wayland-drm/wayland-drm.c
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ create_buffer(struct wl_client *client, struct wl_resource *resource,
    if (buffer->driver_buffer == NULL) {
       wl_resource_post_error(resource, WL_DRM_ERROR_INVALID_NAME,
                              "invalid name");
+      free(buffer);
       return;
    }