diff --git a/src/gui/image/qpixmap_win.cpp b/src/gui/image/qpixmap_win.cpp
index 24af7636ce2..9067c81b00e 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;
     }