diff --git a/src/Backends/Rendering/WiiU.cpp b/src/Backends/Rendering/WiiU.cpp
index 4a51cbf8..63f76bde 100644
--- a/src/Backends/Rendering/WiiU.cpp
+++ b/src/Backends/Rendering/WiiU.cpp
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ RenderBackend_Surface* RenderBackend_Init(const char *window_title, int screen_w
 									{
 										Backend_PrintError("Couldn't allocate memory for the GX2 context");
 									}
+
+									RenderBackend_FreeSurface(framebuffer_surface);
 								}
 								else
 								{