diff --git a/tools/gstreamer-launch.c b/tools/gstreamer-launch.c
index eef02b7668..e589fee00a 100644
--- a/tools/gstreamer-launch.c
+++ b/tools/gstreamer-launch.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_NULL);
 
   }
-  gst_object_unref (GST_OBJECT (pipeline));
+  //gst_object_unref (GST_OBJECT (pipeline));
 
   return 0;
 }