diff --git a/contrib/vhost-user-gpu/vhost-user-gpu.c b/contrib/vhost-user-gpu/vhost-user-gpu.c
index 0437e52b64..770dfad529 100644
--- a/contrib/vhost-user-gpu/vhost-user-gpu.c
+++ b/contrib/vhost-user-gpu/vhost-user-gpu.c
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ vg_resource_destroy(VuGpu *g,
     }
 
     vugbm_buffer_destroy(&res->buffer);
+    g_free(res->iov);
     pixman_image_unref(res->image);
     QTAILQ_REMOVE(&g->reslist, res, next);
     g_free(res);