diff --git a/gst/interpipe/gstinterpipesrc.c b/gst/interpipe/gstinterpipesrc.c
index f0b6eb3..a043cd5 100644
--- a/gst/interpipe/gstinterpipesrc.c
+++ b/gst/interpipe/gstinterpipesrc.c
@@ -751,6 +751,7 @@ gst_inter_pipe_src_push_event (GstInterPipeIListener * iface, GstEvent * event,
     GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (src,
         "The interpipesrc is not currently processing the incoming events "
         "because the accept incoming events property is set to FALSE");
+    gst_event_unref (event);
     return TRUE;
   }
 }