diff --git a/tests/qemucaps2xmltest.c b/tests/qemucaps2xmltest.c
index 8bf67385f3..cef57354e2 100644
--- a/tests/qemucaps2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemucaps2xmltest.c
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ testGetCaps(char *capsData, const testQemuData *data)
         goto error;
     }
 
+    virObjectUnref(qemuCaps);
     return caps;
 
  error: