diff --git a/xkb/xkbInit.c b/xkb/xkbInit.c
index 47ad55369..0aaa037cb 100644
--- a/xkb/xkbInit.c
+++ b/xkb/xkbInit.c
@@ -292,6 +292,9 @@ XkbDeleteRulesDflts()
     XkbVariantDflt = NULL;
     _XkbFree(XkbOptionsDflt);
     XkbOptionsDflt = NULL;
+
+    XkbFreeKeyboard(xkb_cached_map, XkbAllComponentsMask, True);
+    xkb_cached_map = NULL;
 }
 
 /***====================================================================***/