diff --git a/src/lib/evas/cache2/evas_cache2.c b/src/lib/evas/cache2/evas_cache2.c
index 6d7bdfa7b2..fef11d24e7 100644
--- a/src/lib/evas/cache2/evas_cache2.c
+++ b/src/lib/evas/cache2/evas_cache2.c
@@ -1102,8 +1102,6 @@ evas_cache2_image_dirty(Image_Entry *im, unsigned int x, unsigned int y, unsigne
    return im2;
 
 on_error:
-   if (im2)
-     _evas_cache_image_entry_delete(cache, im2);
    evas_cache2_image_close(im);
    return NULL;
 }