diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.cpp b/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.cpp
index ecfedf6d117c8..491a29502823d 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/CanvasContext.cpp
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ void CanvasContext::destroyHardwareResources() {
     stopDrawing();
     if (mEglManager.hasEglContext()) {
         requireGlContext();
+        freePrefetechedLayers();
         mRootRenderNode->destroyHardwareResources();
         Caches::getInstance().flush(Caches::kFlushMode_Layers);
     }