diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c b/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c
index fa894c578bc12546bfb679ddd1ff9ef13c372159..b5bdb362dac72a4d404cc19f86dac1244fd912d3 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c
@@ -1222,6 +1222,8 @@ qemuRemoveCgroup(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
             VIR_DEBUG("Failed to terminate cgroup for %s", vm->def->name);
     }
 
+    virObjectUnref(cfg);
+
     return virCgroupRemove(priv->cgroup);
 }