diff --git a/src/lib/elementary/efl_ui_image.c b/src/lib/elementary/efl_ui_image.c
index 96d6b1abd5..a13f7047fd 100644
--- a/src/lib/elementary/efl_ui_image.c
+++ b/src/lib/elementary/efl_ui_image.c
@@ -2415,7 +2415,7 @@ elm_image_memfile_set(Evas_Object *obj, const void *img, size_t size, const char
    EFL_UI_IMAGE_CHECK(obj) EINA_FALSE;
    EFL_UI_IMAGE_DATA_GET(obj, sd);
 
-   _efl_ui_image_file_set_do(obj);
+   efl_file_unload(obj);
 
    evas_object_image_memfile_set
      (sd->img, (void *)img, size, (char *)format, (char *)key);