diff --git a/platform/linuxbsd/x11/display_server_x11.cpp b/platform/linuxbsd/x11/display_server_x11.cpp
index edf3a40ccb4..d6eb101a686 100644
--- a/platform/linuxbsd/x11/display_server_x11.cpp
+++ b/platform/linuxbsd/x11/display_server_x11.cpp
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@ Color DisplayServerX11::screen_get_pixel(const Point2i &p_position) const {
 			if (image) {
 				XColor c;
 				c.pixel = XGetPixel(image, 0, 0);
-				XFree(image);
+				XDestroyImage(image);
 				XQueryColor(x11_display, XDefaultColormap(x11_display, i), &c);
 				color = Color(float(c.red) / 65535.0, float(c.green) / 65535.0, float(c.blue) / 65535.0, 1.0);
 				break;
@@ -1637,11 +1637,12 @@ Ref<Image> DisplayServerX11::screen_get_image(int p_screen) const {
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
-			XFree(image);
-			ERR_FAIL_V_MSG(Ref<Image>(), vformat("XImage with RGB mask %x %x %x and depth %d is not supported.", (uint64_t)image->red_mask, (uint64_t)image->green_mask, (uint64_t)image->blue_mask, (int64_t)image->bits_per_pixel));
+			String msg = vformat("XImage with RGB mask %x %x %x and depth %d is not supported.", (uint64_t)image->red_mask, (uint64_t)image->green_mask, (uint64_t)image->blue_mask, (int64_t)image->bits_per_pixel);
+			XDestroyImage(image);
+			ERR_FAIL_V_MSG(Ref<Image>(), msg);
 		}
 		img = Image::create_from_data(width, height, false, Image::FORMAT_RGBA8, img_data);
-		XFree(image);
+		XDestroyImage(image);
 	}
 
 	return img;