diff --git a/core/modules/system/src/Plugin/ImageToolkit/Operation/gd/Rotate.php b/core/modules/system/src/Plugin/ImageToolkit/Operation/gd/Rotate.php
index 0284b42..37632bc 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Plugin/ImageToolkit/Operation/gd/Rotate.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Plugin/ImageToolkit/Operation/gd/Rotate.php
@@ -98,17 +98,25 @@ protected function execute(array $arguments) {
       return FALSE;
     }
 
-    $this->getToolkit()->setResource(imagerotate($this->getToolkit()->getResource(), 360 - $arguments['degrees'], $arguments['background_idx']));
-
-    // GIFs need to reassign the transparent color after performing the rotate,
-    // but only do so, if the image already had transparency of its own, or the
-    // rotate added a transparent background.
-    if (!empty($arguments['gif_transparent_color'])) {
-      $transparent_idx = imagecolorexactalpha($this->getToolkit()->getResource(), $arguments['gif_transparent_color']['red'], $arguments['gif_transparent_color']['green'], $arguments['gif_transparent_color']['blue'], $arguments['gif_transparent_color']['alpha']);
-      imagecolortransparent($this->getToolkit()->getResource(), $transparent_idx);
+    // Stores the original GD resource.
+    $original_res = $this->getToolkit()->getResource();
+
+    if ($new_res = imagerotate($this->getToolkit()->getResource(), 360 - $arguments['degrees'], $arguments['background_idx'])) {
+      $this->getToolkit()->setResource($new_res);
+      imagedestroy($original_res);
+
+      // GIFs need to reassign the transparent color after performing the rotate,
+      // but only do so, if the image already had transparency of its own, or the
+      // rotate added a transparent background.
+      if (!empty($arguments['gif_transparent_color'])) {
+        $transparent_idx = imagecolorexactalpha($this->getToolkit()->getResource(), $arguments['gif_transparent_color']['red'], $arguments['gif_transparent_color']['green'], $arguments['gif_transparent_color']['blue'], $arguments['gif_transparent_color']['alpha']);
+        imagecolortransparent($this->getToolkit()->getResource(), $transparent_idx);
+      }
+
+      return TRUE;
     }
 
-    return TRUE;
+    return FALSE;
   }
 
 }