diff --git a/tests/examples/seek/jsseek.c b/tests/examples/seek/jsseek.c
index d3f88e0dd1..e110403512 100644
--- a/tests/examples/seek/jsseek.c
+++ b/tests/examples/seek/jsseek.c
@@ -1814,6 +1814,7 @@ update_streams (GstPipeline * pipeline)
         str = gst_tag_list_to_string (tags);
         g_print ("video %d: %s\n", i, str);
         g_free (str);
+        gst_tag_list_unref (tags);
       }
       /* find good name for the label */
       name = g_strdup_printf ("video %d", i + 1);
@@ -1831,6 +1832,7 @@ update_streams (GstPipeline * pipeline)
         str = gst_tag_list_to_string (tags);
         g_print ("audio %d: %s\n", i, str);
         g_free (str);
+        gst_tag_list_unref (tags);
       }
       /* find good name for the label */
       name = g_strdup_printf ("audio %d", i + 1);
@@ -1858,6 +1860,7 @@ update_streams (GstPipeline * pipeline)
         if (value && G_VALUE_HOLDS_STRING (value)) {
           name = g_strdup_printf ("text %s", g_value_get_string (value));
         }
+        gst_tag_list_unref (tags);
       }
       /* find good name for the label if we didn't use a tag */
       if (name == NULL)