diff --git a/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_program.c b/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_program.c
index 3fa5ff7b74c..cb9fcfdbdd6 100644
--- a/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_program.c
+++ b/src/mesa/state_tracker/st_program.c
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@
 #include "cso_cache/cso_context.h"
 
 
+static void
+destroy_program_variants(struct st_context *st, struct gl_program *target);
 
 static void
 set_affected_state_flags(uint64_t *states,
@@ -345,7 +347,7 @@ st_release_program(struct st_context *st, struct st_program **p)
    if (!*p)
       return;
 
-   st_release_variants(st, *p);
+   destroy_program_variants(st, &((*p)->Base));
    st_reference_prog(st, p, NULL);
 }