diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_pipe.c b/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_pipe.c
index 1e33729df1d..45e99eb7f0b 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_pipe.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_pipe.c
@@ -174,8 +174,10 @@ agx_resource_from_handle(struct pipe_screen *pscreen,
    /* We need strides to be aligned. ail asserts this, but we want to fail
     * gracefully so the app can handle the error.
     */
-   if (rsc->modifier == DRM_FORMAT_MOD_LINEAR && (whandle->stride % 16) != 0)
+   if (rsc->modifier == DRM_FORMAT_MOD_LINEAR && (whandle->stride % 16) != 0) {
+      FREE(rsc);
       return false;
+   }
 
    prsc = &rsc->base;