diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/vulkan/vkupload.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/vulkan/vkupload.c
index 3e668e6c58..50dc568e48 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/vulkan/vkupload.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/vulkan/vkupload.c
@@ -1404,6 +1404,8 @@ gst_vulkan_upload_decide_allocation (GstBaseTransform * bt, GstQuery * query)
   else
     gst_query_add_allocation_pool (query, pool, size, min, max);
 
+  gst_object_unref (pool);
+
   return TRUE;
 }