diff --git a/src/widgets/styles/qmacstyle_mac.mm b/src/widgets/styles/qmacstyle_mac.mm
index 4f9ed2c3256..67970ba33d0 100644
--- a/src/widgets/styles/qmacstyle_mac.mm
+++ b/src/widgets/styles/qmacstyle_mac.mm
@@ -1753,6 +1753,7 @@ QMacStylePrivate::QMacStylePrivate()
 
 QMacStylePrivate::~QMacStylePrivate()
 {
+    AutoReleasePool pool;
     Q_FOREACH (NSView *b, cocoaControls)
         [b release];
 }