diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/applemedia/avfdeviceprovider.m b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/applemedia/avfdeviceprovider.m
index 8b27e860c8..3f2d893a67 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/applemedia/avfdeviceprovider.m
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/applemedia/avfdeviceprovider.m
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
     result = g_list_prepend (result, gst_object_ref_sink (gst_device));
 
     gst_structure_free (props);
+    gst_caps_unref (caps);
   }
 
   result = g_list_reverse (result);