diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c b/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
index 59609b0a03f9b77c5183dcdc6439dacb2deca709..507bffda09ba0b7a79a8ea5a985c7f677123550c 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static void virLXCControllerFree(virLXCControllerPtr ctrl)
 
     VIR_FREE(ctrl->devptmx);
 
-    virObjectUnref(ctrl->vm);
+    virDomainObjEndAPI(&ctrl->vm);
     VIR_FREE(ctrl->name);
 
     if (ctrl->timerShutdown != -1)
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index 3880c1d12232943504bbd920cea9ec51db50435d..d123180e791c7ee86fdc04c30bc44b840ae3eb8a 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ testCompareStatusXMLToXMLFiles(const void *opaque)
     ret = 0;
 
  cleanup:
-    virObjectUnref(obj);
+    virDomainObjEndAPI(&obj);
     VIR_FREE(actual);
     return ret;
 }