diff --git a/src/video/x11/SDL_x11opengl.c b/src/video/x11/SDL_x11opengl.c
index abc699dd47..3c73f8ba5e 100644
--- a/src/video/x11/SDL_x11opengl.c
+++ b/src/video/x11/SDL_x11opengl.c
@@ -648,6 +648,7 @@ X11_GL_CreateContext(_THIS, SDL_Window * window)
                     context = _this->gl_data->glXCreateContextAttribsARB(display,
                                                     framebuffer_config[0],
                                                     share_context, True, attribs);
+                    X11_XFree(framebuffer_config);
                 }
             }
         }