diff --git a/src/gallium/winsys/virgl/drm/virgl_drm_winsys.c b/src/gallium/winsys/virgl/drm/virgl_drm_winsys.c
index 7b65841d385..9061e5d93e0 100644
--- a/src/gallium/winsys/virgl/drm/virgl_drm_winsys.c
+++ b/src/gallium/winsys/virgl/drm/virgl_drm_winsys.c
@@ -560,6 +560,8 @@ virgl_drm_winsys_resource_create_handle(struct virgl_winsys *qws,
    info_arg.bo_handle = res->bo_handle;
 
    if (drmIoctl(qdws->fd, DRM_IOCTL_VIRTGPU_RESOURCE_INFO, &info_arg)) {
+      drmCloseBufferHandle(qdws->fd, res->bo_handle);
+
       /* close */
       FREE(res);
       res = NULL;