diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 05a8d3de3880d34fedc2a0e75e3bf684e08a4d4a..f10b27d64acf2ebeccc5f97948ece53a163d8101 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -3106,7 +3106,6 @@ qemuDomainObjPrivateXMLParseAutomaticPlacement(xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt,
     ret = 0;
 
  cleanup:
-    virObjectUnref(caps);
     VIR_FREE(nodeset);
     VIR_FREE(cpuset);