diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
index b2f2683..6617ea2 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@
 
 Layer::~Layer()
 {
-    mFlinger->postMessageAsync(
-            new SurfaceFlinger::MessageDestroyGLTexture(mTextureName) );
+    mFlinger->deleteTextureAsync(mTextureName);
 }
 
 void Layer::onFrameQueued() {