diff --git a/src/cairo-xcb-shm.c b/src/cairo-xcb-shm.c
index 6972720..608a59b 100644
--- a/src/cairo-xcb-shm.c
+++ b/src/cairo-xcb-shm.c
@@ -514,7 +514,12 @@ _cairo_xcb_connection_allocate_shm_info (cairo_xcb_connection_t *connection,
 		cairo_list_del (&shm_info->pending);
 		CAIRO_MUTEX_UNLOCK (connection->shm_mutex);
 
+#if 0
 		xcb_discard_reply (connection->xcb_connection, shm_info->sync.sequence);
+#else
+		free (xcb_get_input_focus_reply (connection->xcb_connection,
+						 shm_info->sync, NULL));
+#endif
 		shm_info->sync.sequence = XCB_NONE;
 
 		*shm_info_out = shm_info;