diff --git a/tools/gccas/gccas.cpp b/tools/gccas/gccas.cpp
index 215f5e9bba6..a5ceace4456 100644
--- a/tools/gccas/gccas.cpp
+++ b/tools/gccas/gccas.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ static inline void addPass(PassManager &PM, Pass *P) {
 
     // Keep track of how many passes we made for -stopAfterNPasses
     ++NumPassesCreated;
+  } else {
+    delete P;             // We don't want this pass to run, just delete it now
   }
 }