diff --git a/tests/qemucaps2xmltest.c b/tests/qemucaps2xmltest.c
index 6a5811c6c849fdcc00326cdcce2c4e28ab2031d1..7adde24699eab160e33e359e4f72a5850a73a8f0 100644
--- a/tests/qemucaps2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemucaps2xmltest.c
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ testGetCaps(char *capsData, const testQemuData *data)
 
  error:
     virObjectUnref(qemuCaps);
+    virObjectUnref(caps);
     return NULL;
 }