diff --git a/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtpjitterbuffer.c b/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtpjitterbuffer.c
index 918238ce7b..5b7e126010 100644
--- a/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtpjitterbuffer.c
+++ b/gst/rtpmanager/gstrtpjitterbuffer.c
@@ -1118,6 +1118,7 @@ newseg_wrong_format:
   {
     GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (jitterbuffer, "received non TIME newsegment");
     ret = FALSE;
+    gst_event_unref (event);
     goto done;
   }
 }