diff --git a/ext/schroedinger/gstschroenc.c b/ext/schroedinger/gstschroenc.c
index cb755c2342..0dc2fde061 100644
--- a/ext/schroedinger/gstschroenc.c
+++ b/ext/schroedinger/gstschroenc.c
@@ -648,8 +648,7 @@ gst_schro_enc_handle_frame (GstVideoEncoder * base_video_encoder,
   }
 
   /* FIXME : We could make that method just take GstVideoInfo ... */
-  schro_frame = gst_schro_buffer_wrap (gst_buffer_ref (frame->input_buffer),
-      FALSE, info);
+  schro_frame = gst_schro_buffer_wrap (frame->input_buffer, FALSE, info);
 
   GST_DEBUG ("pushing frame %p", frame);
   schro_encoder_push_frame_full (schro_enc->encoder, schro_frame, frame);