diff --git a/source/renderer/VertexBuffer.cpp b/source/renderer/VertexBuffer.cpp
index 514d6eb2a1..c0b8fe4dce 100644
--- a/source/renderer/VertexBuffer.cpp
+++ b/source/renderer/VertexBuffer.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2011 Wildfire Games.
+/* Copyright (C) 2013 Wildfire Games.
  * This file is part of 0 A.D.
  *
  * 0 A.D. is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ void CVertexBuffer::Release(VBChunk* chunk)
 			{
 				chunk->m_Index = std::min(chunk->m_Index, (*iter)->m_Index);
 				chunk->m_Count += (*iter)->m_Count;
+				delete *iter;
 				m_FreeList.erase(iter);
 				coalesced = true;
 				break;