diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/pfb/ConvertFromPerformer.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/pfb/ConvertFromPerformer.cpp
index 64d095f9c..c9e5b6db7 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/pfb/ConvertFromPerformer.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/pfb/ConvertFromPerformer.cpp
@@ -1254,7 +1254,8 @@ osg::Texture2D* ConvertFromPerformer::visitTexture(osg::StateSet* osgStateSet,pf
     image->setImage(s,t,r,
                     internalFormat,
                     pixelFormat,
-                    dataType,data);
+                    dataType,data,
+                    osg::Image::USE_MALLOC_FREE);
 
     osgTexture->setImage(image);
 
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/pfb/ReaderWriterPFB.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/pfb/ReaderWriterPFB.cpp
index f5717d8fc..7a6919b1f 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/pfb/ReaderWriterPFB.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/pfb/ReaderWriterPFB.cpp
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ class ReaderWriterPFB : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
                 image->setImage(s,t,r,
                                 internalFormat,
                                 pixelFormat,
-                                dataType,
-                                data);
+                                dataType,data,
+                                osg::Image::USE_MALLOC_FREE);
 
                 // free texture & image data
                 tex->unrefDelete();