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;