diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/lima/lima_resource.c b/src/gallium/drivers/lima/lima_resource.c
index 0e9f30f5c64..f3418ce4cb0 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/lima/lima_resource.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/lima/lima_resource.c
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@ lima_resource_create_scanout(struct pipe_screen *pscreen,
 
    scanout = renderonly_scanout_for_resource(&scanout_templat,
                                              screen->ro, &handle);
-   if (!scanout)
+   if (!scanout) {
+      FREE(res);
       return NULL;
+   }
 
    res->base = *templat;
    res->base.screen = pscreen;