diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-udmabuf.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-udmabuf.c
index d5ac1cfca0..5f08c855dd 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-udmabuf.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-udmabuf.c
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ void virtio_gpu_init_udmabuf(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res)
         }
         virtio_gpu_remap_udmabuf(res);
         if (!res->remapped) {
+            virtio_gpu_destroy_udmabuf(res);
             return;
         }
         pdata = res->remapped;