diff --git a/src/egl/main/egldevice.c b/src/egl/main/egldevice.c
index 39a123792c8..ba77430811b 100644
--- a/src/egl/main/egldevice.c
+++ b/src/egl/main/egldevice.c
@@ -284,8 +284,10 @@ _eglRefreshDeviceList(void)
 
    num_devs = drmGetDevices2(0, devices, ARRAY_SIZE(devices));
    for (int i = 0; i < num_devs; i++) {
-      if (!(devices[i]->available_nodes & (1 << DRM_NODE_RENDER)))
+      if (!(devices[i]->available_nodes & (1 << DRM_NODE_RENDER))) {
+         drmFreeDevice(&devices[i]);
          continue;
+      }
 
       ret = _eglAddDRMDevice(devices[i], NULL);