diff --git a/render/picture.c b/render/picture.c
index 6d9c9df3a..9e4036e7d 100644
--- a/render/picture.c
+++ b/render/picture.c
@@ -665,6 +665,9 @@ PictureInit(ScreenPtr pScreen, PictFormatPtr formats, int nformats)
     for (n = 0; n < nformats; n++) {
         if (!AddResource
             (formats[n].id, PictFormatType, (void *) (formats + n))) {
+            int i;
+            for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+                FreeResource(formats[i].id, RT_NONE);
             free(formats);
             return FALSE;
         }