diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/transcode/gsttranscodebin.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/transcode/gsttranscodebin.c
index 0c724c5352..9374a673ca 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/transcode/gsttranscodebin.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/transcode/gsttranscodebin.c
@@ -359,6 +359,8 @@ gst_transcode_bin_link_encodebin_pad (GstTranscodeBin * self, GstPad * pad,
       gst_event_parse_stream (sstart, &tmpstream);
 
       stream = setup_stream (self, tmpstream);
+
+      gst_object_unref (tmpstream);
     }
 
     if (!stream) {