diff --git a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKDescriptorSet.h b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKDescriptorSet.h
index 00ed01307..b197b1cc6 100644
--- a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKDescriptorSet.h
+++ b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKDescriptorSet.h
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ class MVKDescriptorSet : public MVKVulkanAPIDeviceObject {
 
 	MVKDescriptorSet(MVKDescriptorPool* pool);
 
+	~MVKDescriptorSet() override;
+
 protected:
 	friend class MVKDescriptorSetLayoutBinding;
 	friend class MVKDescriptorPool;
diff --git a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKDescriptorSet.mm b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKDescriptorSet.mm
index 8474559af..54ba414a6 100644
--- a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKDescriptorSet.mm
+++ b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKDescriptorSet.mm
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ static void populateAuxBuffer(mvk::SPIRVToMSLConversionConfiguration& shaderConf
 									NSUInteger mtlArgBufferOffset,
 									id<MTLArgumentEncoder> mtlArgEnc) {
 	_layout = layout;
+	_layout->retain();
 	_variableDescriptorCount = variableDescriptorCount;
 	_argumentBuffer.setArgumentBuffer(_pool->_metalArgumentBuffer, mtlArgBufferOffset, mtlArgEnc);
 
@@ -574,6 +575,7 @@ static void populateAuxBuffer(mvk::SPIRVToMSLConversionConfiguration& shaderConf
 }
 
 void MVKDescriptorSet::free(bool isPoolReset) {
+	if(_layout) { _layout->release(); }
 	_layout = nullptr;
 	_dynamicOffsetDescriptorCount = 0;
 	_variableDescriptorCount = 0;
@@ -613,6 +615,10 @@ static void populateAuxBuffer(mvk::SPIRVToMSLConversionConfiguration& shaderConf
 	free(true);
 }
 
+MVKDescriptorSet::~MVKDescriptorSet() {
+	if(_layout) { _layout->release(); }
+}
+
 
 #pragma mark -
 #pragma mark MVKDescriptorTypePool