diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_pipe_clear.c b/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_pipe_clear.c
index 16337b01850..05d9e9c41fb 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_pipe_clear.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_pipe_clear.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ svga_clear_texture(struct pipe_context *pipe,
          svga_validate_surface_view(svga, svga_surface_dst);
 
       if (!dsv) {
-         pipe_surface_reference(&surface, NULL);
+         svga_surface_destroy(pipe, surface);
          return;
       }
 
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ svga_clear_texture(struct pipe_context *pipe,
          svga_validate_surface_view(svga, svga_surface_dst);
 
       if (!rtv) {
-         pipe_surface_reference(&surface, NULL);
+         svga_surface_destroy(pipe, surface);
          return;
       }
 
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ svga_clear_texture(struct pipe_context *pipe,
          }
       }
    }
-   pipe_surface_reference(&surface, NULL);
+   svga_surface_destroy(pipe, surface);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_surface.c b/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_surface.c
index ed13eeb60d4..594abc8c69a 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_surface.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_surface.c
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ svga_validate_surface_view(struct svga_context *svga, struct svga_surface *s)
 }
 
 
-static void
+void
 svga_surface_destroy(struct pipe_context *pipe,
                      struct pipe_surface *surf)
 {
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_surface.h b/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_surface.h
index 5afc49a2fa2..a43462a8ce1 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_surface.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_surface.h
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ svga_create_surface(struct pipe_context *pipe,
                     struct pipe_resource *pt,
                     const struct pipe_surface *surf_tmpl);
 
+void
+svga_surface_destroy(struct pipe_context *pipe,
+                     struct pipe_surface *surf);
+
 static inline struct svga_surface *
 svga_surface(struct pipe_surface *surface)
 {