diff --git a/src/mesa/main/teximage.c b/src/mesa/main/teximage.c
index 841240c4c21..18a7b87c0d3 100644
--- a/src/mesa/main/teximage.c
+++ b/src/mesa/main/teximage.c
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ _mesa_delete_texture_image(struct gl_context *ctx,
     */
    ASSERT(ctx->Driver.FreeTextureImageBuffer);
    ctx->Driver.FreeTextureImageBuffer( ctx, texImage );
+   free(texImage);
 }