diff --git a/ext/dirac/gstdiracenc.cc b/ext/dirac/gstdiracenc.cc
index ed29062375..0bf2cd0941 100644
--- a/ext/dirac/gstdiracenc.cc
+++ b/ext/dirac/gstdiracenc.cc
@@ -1143,6 +1143,8 @@ gst_dirac_enc_process (GstDiracEnc * dirac_enc, gboolean end_sequence)
             GST_DEBUG ("pad_push returned %d", ret);
             return ret;
           }
+        } else {
+          gst_buffer_unref (outbuf);
         }
         break;
       case ENC_STATE_AVAIL: