diff --git a/effects/coverswitch.cpp b/effects/coverswitch.cpp
index 1072e766a4..7cbcd993b9 100644
--- a/effects/coverswitch.cpp
+++ b/effects/coverswitch.cpp
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ void CoverSwitchEffect::paintScreen( int mask, QRegion region, ScreenPaintData&
             frameRect.height()*0.8f );
         icon->render( region, iconRect);
         icon->unbind();
+        delete icon;
         glDisable( GL_BLEND );
         glPopAttrib();
         }