diff --git a/tests/cputest.c b/tests/cputest.c
index a87aaa64d0..78521a5cf9 100644
--- a/tests/cputest.c
+++ b/tests/cputest.c
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ static int
 cpuTestGetCPUModels(const struct data *data,
                     virDomainCapsCPUModels **models)
 {
-    virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps;
+    g_autoptr(virQEMUCaps) qemuCaps = NULL;
 
     *models = NULL;
 
@@ -527,8 +527,6 @@ cpuTestGetCPUModels(const struct data *data,
 
     *models = virQEMUCapsGetCPUModels(qemuCaps, VIR_DOMAIN_VIRT_KVM, NULL, NULL);
 
-    virObjectUnref(qemuCaps);
-
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -861,7 +859,7 @@ static int
 cpuTestJSONCPUID(const void *arg)
 {
     const struct data *data = arg;
-    virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps = NULL;
+    g_autoptr(virQEMUCaps) qemuCaps = NULL;
     virCPUDef *cpu = NULL;
     char *result = NULL;
     int ret = -1;
@@ -883,7 +881,6 @@ cpuTestJSONCPUID(const void *arg)
     ret = cpuTestCompareXML(data->arch, cpu, result);
 
  cleanup:
-    virObjectUnref(qemuCaps);
     virCPUDefFree(cpu);
     VIR_FREE(result);
     return ret;
@@ -894,7 +891,7 @@ static int
 cpuTestJSONSignature(const void *arg)
 {
     const struct data *data = arg;
-    virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps = NULL;
+    g_autoptr(virQEMUCaps) qemuCaps = NULL;
     virCPUData *hostData = NULL;
     qemuMonitorCPUModelInfo *modelInfo;
     int ret = -1;
@@ -909,7 +906,6 @@ cpuTestJSONSignature(const void *arg)
     ret = cpuTestCompareSignature(data, hostData);
 
  cleanup:
-    virObjectUnref(qemuCaps);
     virCPUDataFree(hostData);
     return ret;
 }