diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/videoout_d3d.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/videoout_d3d.cpp
index 0dfde902155..ca07dc24a13 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/videoout_d3d.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/videoout_d3d.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ void VideoOutputD3D::DestroyContext(void)
 
     if (m_render)
     {
-        delete m_render;
+        m_render->DecrRef();
         m_render = NULL;
     }
 }