diff --git a/backends/imgui_impl_wgpu.cpp b/backends/imgui_impl_wgpu.cpp
index 97f378a80261..187226484e40 100644
--- a/backends/imgui_impl_wgpu.cpp
+++ b/backends/imgui_impl_wgpu.cpp
@@ -333,7 +333,10 @@ void ImGui_ImplWGPU_RenderDrawData(ImDrawData* draw_data, WGPURenderPassEncoder
     if (fr->VertexBuffer == NULL || fr->VertexBufferSize < draw_data->TotalVtxCount)
     {
         if (fr->VertexBuffer)
+        {
             wgpuBufferDestroy(fr->VertexBuffer);
+            wgpuBufferRelease(fr->VertexBuffer);
+        }
         SafeRelease(fr->VertexBufferHost);
         fr->VertexBufferSize = draw_data->TotalVtxCount + 5000;
 
@@ -354,7 +357,10 @@ void ImGui_ImplWGPU_RenderDrawData(ImDrawData* draw_data, WGPURenderPassEncoder
     if (fr->IndexBuffer == NULL || fr->IndexBufferSize < draw_data->TotalIdxCount)
     {
         if (fr->IndexBuffer)
+        {
             wgpuBufferDestroy(fr->IndexBuffer);
+            wgpuBufferRelease(fr->IndexBuffer);
+        }
         SafeRelease(fr->IndexBufferHost);
         fr->IndexBufferSize = draw_data->TotalIdxCount + 10000;