diff --git a/modules/gralloc/framebuffer.cpp b/modules/gralloc/framebuffer.cpp
index 9796457..c171711 100644
--- a/modules/gralloc/framebuffer.cpp
+++ b/modules/gralloc/framebuffer.cpp
@@ -332,6 +332,8 @@
             const_cast<int&>(dev->device.minSwapInterval) = 1;
             const_cast<int&>(dev->device.maxSwapInterval) = 1;
             *device = &dev->device.common;
+        } else {
+            free(dev);
         }
     }
     return status;