From 70589b1f97e862b6432696a7f8097ebfaf3c5bb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stenzek <stenzek@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:50:26 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] VideoThread: Fix backend leak on creation failure

---
 src/core/video_thread.cpp | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/core/video_thread.cpp b/src/core/video_thread.cpp
index fd72ffd54..c5b78c958 100644
--- a/src/core/video_thread.cpp
+++ b/src/core/video_thread.cpp
@@ -867,6 +867,8 @@ bool VideoThread::CreateGPUBackendOnThread(bool hardware_renderer, bool upload_v
     {
       if (error)
         *error = local_error;
+
+      DestroyGPUBackendOnThread();
       return false;
     }
   }