diff --git a/clutter/clutter-offscreen-effect.c b/clutter/clutter-offscreen-effect.c
index 5c053df68..de7191294 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-offscreen-effect.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-offscreen-effect.c
@@ -139,21 +139,9 @@ clutter_offscreen_effect_real_create_texture (ClutterOffscreenEffect *effect,
                                               gfloat                  width,
                                               gfloat                  height)
 {
-  CoglError *error = NULL;
-  CoglHandle texture = cogl_texture_new_with_size (MAX (width, 1), MAX (height, 1),
-                                                   COGL_TEXTURE_NO_SLICING,
-                                                   COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_8888_PRE);
-
-  if (!cogl_texture_allocate (texture, &error))
-    {
-#if CLUTTER_ENABLE_DEBUG
-      g_warning ("Unable to allocate texture for offscreen effect: %s", error->message);
-#endif /* CLUTTER_ENABLE_DEBUG */
-      cogl_error_free (error);
-      return NULL;
-    }
-
-  return texture;
+  return cogl_texture_new_with_size (MAX (width, 1), MAX (height, 1),
+                                     COGL_TEXTURE_NO_SLICING,
+                                     COGL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_8888_PRE);
 }
 
 static gboolean