diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/r200/r200_swtcl.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/r200/r200_swtcl.c
index 663e4ae0bc6..3142f8b6c94 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/r200/r200_swtcl.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/r200/r200_swtcl.c
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ static void flush_last_swtcl_prim(GLcontext *ctx)
 		     rmesa->swtcl.hw_primitive,
 		     rmesa->swtcl.numverts);
 
+   radeon_bo_unref(rmesa->swtcl.bo);
    //   COMMIT_BATCH();
    rmesa->swtcl.numverts = 0;
 }