diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglupload.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglupload.c
index 39d88bf4bf..15530a12da 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglupload.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/gl/gstglupload.c
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ gst_egl_image_cache_unref (GstEGLImageCache * cache)
   if (g_atomic_int_dec_and_test (&cache->ref_count)) {
     g_hash_table_unref (cache->hash_table);
     g_mutex_clear (&cache->lock);
+    g_free (cache);
   }
 }