diff --git a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_instance.c b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_instance.c
index 52552f7a020..a0a3c4751e6 100644
--- a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_instance.c
+++ b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_instance.c
@@ -710,6 +710,8 @@ vn_CreateInstance(const VkInstanceCreateInfo *pCreateInfo,
    return VK_SUCCESS;
 
 fail:
+   vn_renderer_shmem_pool_fini(instance->renderer, &instance->cs_shmem.pool);
+
    if (instance->ring.shmem) {
       uint32_t destroy_ring_data[4];
       struct vn_cs_encoder local_enc = VN_CS_ENCODER_INITIALIZER_LOCAL(