diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/gstdiscoverer.c b/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/gstdiscoverer.c
index 633aebe2e8..5d199127d7 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/gstdiscoverer.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/pbutils/gstdiscoverer.c
@@ -1992,8 +1992,6 @@ async_timeout_cb (GstDiscoverer * dc)
     dc->priv->processing = FALSE;
     discoverer_collect (dc);
     discoverer_cleanup (dc);
-    g_source_unref (dc->priv->timeout_source);
-    dc->priv->timeout_source = NULL;
   }
   return FALSE;
 }