diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudioencoder.c b/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudioencoder.c
index 5d705f41a3..cf120a36dc 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudioencoder.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudioencoder.c
@@ -1551,6 +1551,7 @@ gst_audio_encoder_sink_event_default (GstAudioEncoder * enc, GstEvent * event)
         GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (enc, "received SEGMENT %" GST_SEGMENT_FORMAT, &seg);
         GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (enc, "unsupported format; ignoring");
         res = TRUE;
+        gst_event_unref (event);
         break;
       }