2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scene/resources/texture.cpp b/scene/resources/texture.cpp
index 2ea55843ad..4ad5f2a506 100644
--- a/scene/resources/texture.cpp
+++ b/scene/resources/texture.cpp
@@ -2587,7 +2587,10 @@ RID CameraTexture::get_rid() const {
 	if (feed.is_valid()) {
 		return feed->get_texture(which_feed);
 	} else {
-		return RID();
+		if (_texture.is_null()) {
+			_texture = RenderingServer::get_singleton()->texture_2d_placeholder_create();
+		}
+		return _texture;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2643,5 +2646,7 @@ bool CameraTexture::get_camera_active() const {
 CameraTexture::CameraTexture() {}
 
 CameraTexture::~CameraTexture() {
-	// nothing to do here yet
+	if (_texture.is_valid()) {
+		RenderingServer::get_singleton()->free(_texture);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/scene/resources/texture.h b/scene/resources/texture.h
index 98aa61138d..2e97c2deb1 100644
--- a/scene/resources/texture.h
+++ b/scene/resources/texture.h
@@ -812,6 +812,7 @@ class CameraTexture : public Texture2D {
 	GDCLASS(CameraTexture, Texture2D);
 
 private:
+	mutable RID _texture;
 	int camera_feed_id = 0;
 	CameraServer::FeedImage which_feed = CameraServer::FEED_RGBA_IMAGE;