diff --git a/test/Makefile.am b/test/Makefile.am
index e03eec747..ba78d2f51 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/Makefile.am
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ REFERENCE_IMAGES = \
 	source-clip-scale-svg-ref.png	\
 	source-surface-scale-paint-ref.png	\
 	source-surface-scale-paint-rgb24-ref.png	\
+	surface-pattern-big-scale-down-ref.png	\
 	surface-pattern-pdf-argb32-ref.png	\
 	surface-pattern-ps-argb32-ref.png	\
 	surface-pattern-ref.png	\
diff --git a/test/surface-pattern-big-scale-down-ref.png b/test/surface-pattern-big-scale-down-ref.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a8f513e2
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/surface-pattern-big-scale-down-ref.png differ
diff --git a/test/surface-pattern-big-scale-down.c b/test/surface-pattern-big-scale-down.c
index d1f818cf7..c938d9982 100644
--- a/test/surface-pattern-big-scale-down.c
+++ b/test/surface-pattern-big-scale-down.c
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ draw (cairo_t *cr, int width, int height)
 {
     cairo_surface_t *surface;
     cairo_pattern_t *pat;
-    int n;
 
     cairo_set_source_rgb (cr, 0, 0, 0);
     cairo_paint (cr);
@@ -90,6 +89,7 @@ draw (cairo_t *cr, int width, int height)
     setup_source_surface (surface, SRC_WIDTH, SRC_HEIGHT);
 
     pat = cairo_pattern_create_for_surface (surface);
+    cairo_surface_destroy (surface);
 
     /* We want to draw at a position such that n * SRC_WIDTH * (SRC_WIDTH/16.0) > 32768.
      * x = n * 16.
@@ -107,10 +107,15 @@ draw (cairo_t *cr, int width, int height)
     /* n = 17 */
     draw_n (cr, pat, 16.0, 17);
 #else
-    for (n = 0; n < 32; n++)
-      draw_n (cr, pat, 16.0, n);
+    {
+	int n;
+	for (n = 0; n < 32; n++)
+	    draw_n (cr, pat, 16.0, n);
+    }
 #endif
 
+    cairo_pattern_destroy (pat);
+
     return CAIRO_TEST_SUCCESS;
 }