diff --git a/src/frontend/mame/ui/menu.cpp b/src/frontend/mame/ui/menu.cpp
index e88a5578279..997683d1a98 100644
--- a/src/frontend/mame/ui/menu.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/mame/ui/menu.cpp
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ void menu::exit(running_machine &machine)
 		mre.texture_free(sw_toolbar_texture[i]);
 		mre.texture_free(toolbar_texture[i]);
 	}
+
+	icons_bitmap.clear();
 }