diff --git a/clutter/cogl/gles/cogl-texture.c b/clutter/cogl/gles/cogl-texture.c
index 4949afa1a..7de709507 100644
--- a/clutter/cogl/gles/cogl-texture.c
+++ b/clutter/cogl/gles/cogl-texture.c
@@ -1447,30 +1447,13 @@ cogl_texture_new_from_data (guint              width,
 }
 
 CoglHandle
-cogl_texture_new_from_file (const gchar     *filename,
-			    gint             max_waste,
-                            gboolean         auto_mipmap,
-			    CoglPixelFormat  internal_format,
-			    GError         **error)
+cogl_texture_new_from_bitmap (CoglBitmap      *bmp,
+                              gint             max_waste,
+                              gboolean         auto_mipmap,
+                              CoglPixelFormat  internal_format)
 {
-  CoglBitmap   bmp;
   CoglTexture *tex;
-  
-  g_return_val_if_fail (error == NULL || *error == NULL, COGL_INVALID_HANDLE);
 
-  /* Try loading with imaging backend */
-  if (!_cogl_bitmap_from_file (&bmp, filename, error))
-    {
-      /* Try fallback */
-      if (!_cogl_bitmap_fallback_from_file (&bmp, filename))
-	return COGL_INVALID_HANDLE;
-      else if (error && *error)
-	{
-	  g_error_free (*error);
-	  *error = NULL;
-	}
-    }
-  
   /* Create new texture and fill with loaded data */
   tex = (CoglTexture*) g_malloc ( sizeof (CoglTexture));
   
@@ -1480,8 +1463,9 @@ cogl_texture_new_from_file (const gchar     *filename,
   tex->is_foreign = FALSE;
   tex->auto_mipmap = auto_mipmap;
 
-  tex->bitmap = bmp;
+  tex->bitmap = *bmp;
   tex->bitmap_owner = TRUE;
+  bmp->data = NULL;
   
   tex->slice_x_spans = NULL;
   tex->slice_y_spans = NULL;
@@ -1522,6 +1506,30 @@ cogl_texture_new_from_file (const gchar     *filename,
   return _cogl_texture_handle_new (tex);
 }
 
+CoglHandle
+cogl_texture_new_from_file (const gchar     *filename,
+			    gint             max_waste,
+                            gboolean         auto_mipmap,
+			    CoglPixelFormat  internal_format,
+			    GError         **error)
+{
+  CoglBitmap  *bmp;
+  CoglHandle   handle;
+  
+  g_return_val_if_fail (error == NULL || *error == NULL, COGL_INVALID_HANDLE);
+
+  if (!(bmp = cogl_bitmap_new_from_file (filename, error)))
+    return COGL_INVALID_HANDLE;
+
+  handle = cogl_texture_new_from_bitmap (bmp,
+                                         max_waste,
+                                         auto_mipmap,
+                                         internal_format);
+  cogl_bitmap_free (bmp);
+
+  return handle;
+}
+
 CoglHandle
 cogl_texture_new_from_foreign (GLuint           gl_handle,
 			       GLenum           gl_target,