diff --git a/gdk/gdkpixbuf-drawable.c b/gdk/gdkpixbuf-drawable.c
index d2c142ae433796326ae70cb2f474aa7b33e26ea0..603c8fff453d2c4566749c7574dd9c92a88237c7 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkpixbuf-drawable.c
+++ b/gdk/gdkpixbuf-drawable.c
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ gdk_pixbuf_get_from_surface  (cairo_surface_t *surface,
   if (cairo_surface_status (surface) || dest == NULL)
     {
       cairo_surface_destroy (surface);
+      g_clear_object (&dest);
       return NULL;
     }