diff --git a/.pick_status.json b/.pick_status.json
index 6de64019f98..bd033e943ac 100644
--- a/.pick_status.json
+++ b/.pick_status.json
@@ -3394,7 +3394,7 @@
         "description": "panfrost: Don't leak NIR compute shaders",
         "nominated": true,
         "nomination_type": 1,
-        "resolution": 0,
+        "resolution": 1,
         "main_sha": null,
         "because_sha": "40372bd720fe16186e9abc832bb452a3143d0e00",
         "notes": null
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_shader.c b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_shader.c
index 42bb2f72768..546910f8e66 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_shader.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_shader.c
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ panfrost_create_compute_state(struct pipe_context *pctx,
    /* The NIR becomes invalid after this. For compute kernels, we never
     * need to access it again. Don't keep a dangling pointer around.
     */
+   ralloc_free((void *)so->nir);
    so->nir = NULL;
 
    return so;