diff --git a/src/logging/Manager.cc b/src/logging/Manager.cc
index ac4477aad8..a5ed5e3c35 100644
--- a/src/logging/Manager.cc
+++ b/src/logging/Manager.cc
@@ -920,6 +920,7 @@ bool Manager::Write(EnumVal* id, RecordVal* columns)
 		                                            filter->fields, vals),
 		                               true) )
 			{
+			Unref(columns);
 			DeleteVals(filter->num_fields, vals);
 
 #ifdef DEBUG