diff --git a/tests/check/gst/gsttag.c b/tests/check/gst/gsttag.c
index 7a5e5cabf1..75c84da377 100644
--- a/tests/check/gst/gsttag.c
+++ b/tests/check/gst/gsttag.c
@@ -373,9 +373,13 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_buffer_tags)
   gst_sample_unref (s2);
 
   fail_if (gst_tag_list_get_sample_index (tags, GST_TAG_IMAGE, 1, &s1));
+  gst_sample_unref (s1);
   fail_if (gst_tag_list_get_sample_index (tags, GST_TAG_IMAGE, 2, &s1));
+  gst_sample_unref (s1);
   fail_if (gst_tag_list_get_sample_index (tags, GST_TAG_PREVIEW_IMAGE, 1, &s1));
+  gst_sample_unref (s1);
   fail_if (gst_tag_list_get_sample_index (tags, GST_TAG_PREVIEW_IMAGE, 2, &s1));
+  gst_sample_unref (s1);
 
   fail_if (!gst_tag_list_get_sample_index (tags, GST_TAG_IMAGE, 0, &s1));
   fail_if (!gst_tag_list_get_sample_index (tags, GST_TAG_PREVIEW_IMAGE, 0,
diff --git a/tools/gst-launch.c b/tools/gst-launch.c
index 839bd64e59..a522a5b4b3 100644
--- a/tools/gst-launch.c
+++ b/tools/gst-launch.c
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ print_tag (const GstTagList * list, const gchar * tag, gpointer unused)
         g_warning ("Couldn't fetch sample for %s tag", tag);
         g_assert_not_reached ();
       }
+      gst_sample_unref (sample);
     } else if (gst_tag_get_type (tag) == GST_TYPE_DATE_TIME) {
       GstDateTime *dt = NULL;