diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 77861e96affed9c2fd01ef67182989f50f00f7a3..a1999e396ca04b75c316843f1ae8e82d285ee765 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -4277,6 +4277,8 @@ static void handle_qmp_command(JSONMessageParser *parser, GQueue *tokens)
         trace_monitor_qmp_cmd_out_of_band(qobject_get_try_str(id)
                                           ?: "");
         monitor_qmp_dispatch(mon, req, id);
+        qobject_unref(req);
+        qobject_unref(id);
         return;
     }