diff --git a/tests/gobject/gvalue-test.c b/tests/gobject/gvalue-test.c
index fa7bede5b..b928d8b4e 100644
--- a/tests/gobject/gvalue-test.c
+++ b/tests/gobject/gvalue-test.c
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ test_copying (void)
     error = lcopy (&value, &c);
     g_assert (error == NULL);
     g_assert (strcmp (c, "string ?") == 0);
+    g_free (c);
   }  
 
   {
@@ -380,6 +381,7 @@ test_copying (void)
     g_assert (g_variant_is_of_type (c, G_VARIANT_TYPE ("u")));
     g_assert_cmpuint (g_variant_get_uint32 (c), ==, 42);
     g_variant_unref (c);
+    g_value_unset (&value);
   }
 }