diff --git a/tests/check/elements/imagecapturebin.c b/tests/check/elements/imagecapturebin.c
index 860e3f5aa7..58331c1612 100644
--- a/tests/check/elements/imagecapturebin.c
+++ b/tests/check/elements/imagecapturebin.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_simple_capture)
       GST_MESSAGE_EOS | GST_MESSAGE_ERROR);
   fail_unless (msg != NULL);
   fail_unless (GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (msg) == GST_MESSAGE_EOS);
+  gst_message_unref (msg);
 
   /* check there are N_BUFFERS files */
   for (i = 0; i < N_BUFFERS; i++) {