diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/adaptivedemux2/gstadaptivedemux-stream.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/adaptivedemux2/gstadaptivedemux-stream.c
index f5966f5577..0bb75d2a3e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/adaptivedemux2/gstadaptivedemux-stream.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/adaptivedemux2/gstadaptivedemux-stream.c
@@ -2427,6 +2427,8 @@ can_handle_collection (GstAdaptiveDemux2Stream * stream,
       default:
         break;
     }
+    if (tags)
+      gst_tag_list_unref (tags);
   }
 
   /* Check that we either have at most 1 of each track type, or that