diff --git a/gsk/broadway/gskbroadwayrenderer.c b/gsk/broadway/gskbroadwayrenderer.c
index c52c2d5e4e..1343525a92 100644
--- a/gsk/broadway/gskbroadwayrenderer.c
+++ b/gsk/broadway/gskbroadwayrenderer.c
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ get_colorized_texture (GdkTexture *texture,
                        const graphene_matrix_t *color_matrix,
                        const graphene_vec4_t *color_offset)
 {
-  cairo_surface_t *surface = gdk_texture_download_surface (texture);
+  cairo_surface_t *surface;
   cairo_surface_t *image_surface;
   graphene_vec4_t pixel;
   guint32* pixel_data;
@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@ get_colorized_texture (GdkTexture *texture,
         return g_object_ref (colorized->texture);
     }
 
+  surface = gdk_texture_download_surface (texture);
   image_surface = cairo_surface_map_to_image (surface, NULL);
   data = cairo_image_surface_get_data (image_surface);
   width = cairo_image_surface_get_width (image_surface);
@@ -536,6 +537,8 @@ get_colorized_texture (GdkTexture *texture,
                               colorized_list, (GDestroyNotify)colorized_texture_free_list);
     }
 
+  cairo_surface_destroy (surface);
+
   return colorized_texture;
 }