diff --git a/plugins/GSdx/Renderers/Common/GSTextureCache.cpp b/plugins/GSdx/Renderers/Common/GSTextureCache.cpp
index 4828759e76..9270e0d8b4 100644
--- a/plugins/GSdx/Renderers/Common/GSTextureCache.cpp
+++ b/plugins/GSdx/Renderers/Common/GSTextureCache.cpp
@@ -1593,11 +1593,6 @@ GSTextureCache::Source::Source(GSRenderer* r, const GIFRegTEX0& TEX0, const GIFR
 
 GSTextureCache::Source::~Source()
 {
-	if (!m_should_have_tex_palette) {
-		// Eventually valid reference for m_palette is not managed by PaletteMap, so it has to be recycled
-		m_renderer->m_dev->Recycle(m_palette);
-	}
-
 	_aligned_free(m_write.rect);
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/GSdx/Renderers/OpenGL/GSRendererOGL.cpp b/plugins/GSdx/Renderers/OpenGL/GSRendererOGL.cpp
index 196753d662..cc9d6689f4 100644
--- a/plugins/GSdx/Renderers/OpenGL/GSRendererOGL.cpp
+++ b/plugins/GSdx/Renderers/OpenGL/GSRendererOGL.cpp
@@ -1338,16 +1338,8 @@ void GSRendererOGL::DrawPrims(GSTexture* rt, GSTexture* ds, GSTextureCache::Sour
 
 			// We need the palette to convert the depth to the correct alpha value.
 			if (!tex->m_palette) {
-				// If this asserts fails, the allocated palette texture (tex->m_palette)
-				// is leaked because it is not released on tex destruction
-				ASSERT(!tex->m_should_have_tex_palette); // No 8-bit texture enabled
-
-				tex->m_palette = m_dev->CreateTexture(256, 1);
-
-				const uint32* clut = m_mem.m_clut;
 				uint16 pal = GSLocalMemory::m_psm[tex->m_TEX0.PSM].pal;
-				tex->m_palette->Update(GSVector4i(0, 0, pal, 1), clut, pal * sizeof(clut[0]));
-
+				m_tc->AttachPaletteToSource(tex, pal, true);
 				dev->PSSetShaderResource(1, tex->m_palette);
 			}
 		}