diff --git a/tests/completion-test.c b/tests/completion-test.c
index 789cd9a8f..4be88c92a 100644
--- a/tests/completion-test.c
+++ b/tests/completion-test.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
   items = g_list_append (items, "bb");
   items = g_list_append (items, "bc");
   g_completion_add_items (cmp, items);
+  g_list_free (items);
 
   items = g_completion_complete (cmp, "a", &prefix);
   g_assert (!strcmp ("a\302", prefix));
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
   items = g_list_append (NULL, "bb");
   g_completion_remove_items (cmp, items);
+  g_list_free (items);
 
   items = g_completion_complete_utf8 (cmp, "b", &prefix);
   g_assert (g_list_length (items) == 1);