diff --git a/src/mbgl/webgpu/command_encoder.cpp b/src/mbgl/webgpu/command_encoder.cpp
index cf3f9d89d..6fc75e6a4 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/webgpu/command_encoder.cpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/webgpu/command_encoder.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ void CommandEncoder::submitCommandBuffer() {
     WGPUStringView label = {"Command Buffer", strlen("Command Buffer")};
     cmdBufferDesc.label = label;
     WGPUCommandBuffer cmdBuffer = wgpuCommandEncoderFinish(encoder, &cmdBufferDesc);
+    wgpuCommandEncoderRelease(encoder);
+    encoder = nullptr;
 
     if (cmdBuffer) {
         wgpuQueueSubmit(queue, 1, &cmdBuffer);