diff --git a/indra/newview/pipeline.cpp b/indra/newview/pipeline.cpp
index 94152e4afeae7d372ac7639cc533352da4711237..3255f5821f847befc36564c330826051f94f1cde 100755
--- a/indra/newview/pipeline.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/pipeline.cpp
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ void LLPipeline::releaseLUTBuffers()
 {
 	if (mLightFunc)
 	{
-		LLImageGL::deleteTextures(LLTexUnit::TT_TEXTURE, GL_R8, 0, 1, &mLightFunc);
+		LLImageGL::deleteTextures(LLTexUnit::TT_TEXTURE, GL_R16F, 0, 1, &mLightFunc);
 		mLightFunc = 0;
 	}
 }