diff --git a/src/gui/image/qpixmap_win.cpp b/src/gui/image/qpixmap_win.cpp
index d52e624752a..fc601bccfc1 100644
--- a/src/gui/image/qpixmap_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/image/qpixmap_win.cpp
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ HBITMAP qt_imageToWinHBITMAP(const QImage &imageIn, int hbitmapFormat)
         return nullptr;
     }
     if (!pixels) {
+        DeleteObject(bitmap);
         qErrnoWarning("%s, did not allocate pixel data", __FUNCTION__);
         return nullptr;
     }