diff --git a/src/render/gpu/SDL_render_gpu.c b/src/render/gpu/SDL_render_gpu.c
index cbb9cc6ba2..24a1119895 100644
--- a/src/render/gpu/SDL_render_gpu.c
+++ b/src/render/gpu/SDL_render_gpu.c
@@ -1457,6 +1457,8 @@ static bool CreateBackbuffer(GPU_RenderData *data, Uint32 w, Uint32 h, SDL_GPUTe
     tci.sample_count = SDL_GPU_SAMPLECOUNT_1;
     tci.usage = SDL_GPU_TEXTUREUSAGE_COLOR_TARGET | SDL_GPU_TEXTUREUSAGE_SAMPLER;
 
+    SDL_ReleaseGPUTexture(data->device, data->backbuffer.texture);
+
     data->backbuffer.texture = SDL_CreateGPUTexture(data->device, &tci);
     data->backbuffer.width = w;
     data->backbuffer.height = h;