diff --git a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_cmd_buffer.cc b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_cmd_buffer.cc
index 0b20b70f76a..5ff9a6b7a82 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_cmd_buffer.cc
+++ b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_cmd_buffer.cc
@@ -4316,7 +4316,7 @@ tu_create_cmd_buffer(struct vk_command_pool *pool,
    VkResult result = vk_command_buffer_init(pool, &cmd_buffer->vk,
                                             &tu_cmd_buffer_ops, level);
    if (result != VK_SUCCESS) {
-      vk_free2(&device->vk.alloc, NULL, cmd_buffer);
+      vk_free2(&device->vk.alloc, &pool->alloc, cmd_buffer);
       return result;
    }