diff --git a/tests/gobject/accumulator.c b/tests/gobject/accumulator.c
index f8a6c1287..f994a7668 100644
--- a/tests/gobject/accumulator.c
+++ b/tests/gobject/accumulator.c
@@ -303,5 +303,7 @@ main (int   argc,
   g_variant_unref (variant_result);
   g_assert (variant_finalised);
 
+  g_object_unref (object);
+
   return 0;
 }