diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/vulkan/gstvkqueue.c b/gst-libs/gst/vulkan/gstvkqueue.c
index 8d187ad2ac..5052525e66 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/vulkan/gstvkqueue.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/vulkan/gstvkqueue.c
@@ -266,12 +266,12 @@ gst_vulkan_queue_run_context_query (GstElement * element,
     gst_query_parse_context (query, &context);
     if (context)
       gst_context_get_vulkan_queue (context, queue);
+
+    gst_query_unref (query);
   }
 
   GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (element, "found queue %p", *queue);
 
-  gst_query_unref (query);
-
   if (*queue)
     return TRUE;