diff --git a/src/backends/native/meta-drm-buffer-gbm.c b/src/backends/native/meta-drm-buffer-gbm.c
index 2d2826b58..7acd97bc4 100644
--- a/src/backends/native/meta-drm-buffer-gbm.c
+++ b/src/backends/native/meta-drm-buffer-gbm.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ meta_drm_buffer_gbm_blit_to_framebuffer (CoglScanout      *scanout,
                                   error);
 
 out:
-  cogl_clear_object (&cogl_fbo);
+  g_clear_object (&cogl_fbo);
   close (dmabuf_fd);
 
   return result;