diff --git a/gst/playback/gstdecodebin3.c b/gst/playback/gstdecodebin3.c
index 92cb9adc63..ca4ff742a3 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstdecodebin3.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstdecodebin3.c
@@ -2403,8 +2403,10 @@ ghost_pad_event_probe (GstPad * pad, GstPadProbeInfo * info,
         gst_event_unref (event);
       }
       /* Finally handle the switch */
-      if (streams)
+      if (streams) {
         handle_stream_switch (dbin, streams, seqnum);
+        g_list_free_full (streams, g_free);
+      }
       ret = GST_PAD_PROBE_HANDLED;
     }
       break;
@@ -2450,8 +2452,10 @@ gst_decodebin3_send_event (GstElement * element, GstEvent * event)
     }
 #endif
     /* Finally handle the switch */
-    if (streams)
+    if (streams) {
       handle_stream_switch (dbin, streams, seqnum);
+      g_list_free_full (streams, g_free);
+    }
 
     gst_event_unref (event);
     return TRUE;
diff --git a/gst/playback/gstplaybin3.c b/gst/playback/gstplaybin3.c
index 337a85ac8a..5baae3ddb0 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstplaybin3.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstplaybin3.c
@@ -2371,7 +2371,14 @@ update_select_streams_event (GstPlayBin3 * playbin, GstEvent * event)
   }
 
   gst_event_unref (event);
-  return gst_event_new_select_streams (to_use);
+  event = gst_event_new_select_streams (to_use);
+
+  if (streams)
+    g_list_free_full (streams, g_free);
+  if (to_use)
+    g_list_free_full (to_use, g_free);
+
+  return event;
 }
 
 static gboolean