diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index d8ac20f6caf7302dccb9fc716731d80fcd86489c..61b7982678b6f496b1bc9ffa1868ad5a3ca222d8 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -3842,7 +3842,7 @@ static void handle_qmp_command(JSONMessageParser *parser, GQueue *tokens)
 
     req_json = qobject_to_json(req);
     trace_handle_qmp_command(mon, qstring_get_str(req_json));
-    qobject_decref(QOBJECT(req_json));
+    QDECREF(req_json);
 
     rsp = qmp_dispatch(cur_mon->qmp.commands, req);
 
diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/qobject.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/qobject.cocci
index c3253deb1ba350e509952a445b9dc3720b45988e..c518caf7b1ca37a75c71346e3b3154756ac66d6a 100644
--- a/scripts/coccinelle/qobject.cocci
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/qobject.cocci
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 expression Obj, Key, E;
 @@
 (
+- qobject_incref(QOBJECT(E));
++ QINCREF(E);
+|
+- qobject_decref(QOBJECT(E));
++ QDECREF(E);
+|
 - qdict_put_obj(Obj, Key, QOBJECT(E));
 + qdict_put(Obj, Key, E);
 |