diff --git a/src/openrct2-ui/drawing/engines/opengl/OpenGLDrawingEngine.cpp b/src/openrct2-ui/drawing/engines/opengl/OpenGLDrawingEngine.cpp
index dea02f6809..0f3ada2ed6 100644
--- a/src/openrct2-ui/drawing/engines/opengl/OpenGLDrawingEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2-ui/drawing/engines/opengl/OpenGLDrawingEngine.cpp
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ private:
     std::unique_ptr<ApplyPaletteShader> _applyPaletteShader;
     std::unique_ptr<OpenGLFramebuffer> _screenFramebuffer;
     std::unique_ptr<OpenGLFramebuffer> _scaleFramebuffer;
-    OpenGLFramebuffer* _smoothScaleFramebuffer = nullptr;
+    std::unique_ptr<OpenGLFramebuffer> _smoothScaleFramebuffer;
     OpenGLWeatherDrawer _weatherDrawer;
 
 public:
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ private:
         if (GetContext()->GetUiContext()->GetScaleQuality() == ScaleQuality::SmoothNearestNeighbour)
         {
             uint32_t scale = std::ceil(gConfigGeneral.window_scale);
-            _smoothScaleFramebuffer = new OpenGLFramebuffer(_width * scale, _height * scale, false, false);
+            _smoothScaleFramebuffer = std::make_unique<OpenGLFramebuffer>(_width * scale, _height * scale, false, false);
         }
     }