diff --git a/daemon/gvfschannel.c b/daemon/gvfschannel.c
index c0c26da..fa490f6 100644
--- a/daemon/gvfschannel.c
+++ b/daemon/gvfschannel.c
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ send_reply_cb (GObject *source_object,
     }
 
   g_object_unref (job);
+  g_object_unref (channel);
 }
 
 /* Might be called on an i/o thread */
@@ -667,7 +668,7 @@ g_vfs_channel_send_reply (GVfsChannel *channel,
 				   channel->priv->reply_buffer,
 				   G_VFS_DAEMON_SOCKET_PROTOCOL_REPLY_SIZE,
 				   0, NULL,
-				   send_reply_cb, channel);  
+				   send_reply_cb, g_object_ref (channel));
     }
   else
     {
@@ -676,7 +677,7 @@ g_vfs_channel_send_reply (GVfsChannel *channel,
 				   channel->priv->output_data,
 				   channel->priv->output_data_size,
 				   0, NULL,
-				   send_reply_cb, channel);  
+				   send_reply_cb, g_object_ref (channel));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/daemon/gvfsdaemon.c b/daemon/gvfsdaemon.c
index 0946f41..e35d7f7 100644
--- a/daemon/gvfsdaemon.c
+++ b/daemon/gvfsdaemon.c
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ job_handler_callback (gpointer       data,
   GVfsJob *job = G_VFS_JOB (data);
 
   g_vfs_job_run (job);
+  g_object_unref (job);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -648,7 +649,8 @@ g_vfs_daemon_queue_job (GVfsDaemon *daemon,
   if (!g_vfs_job_try (job))
     {
       /* Couldn't finish / run async, queue worker thread */
-      g_thread_pool_push (daemon->thread_pool, job, NULL); /* TODO: Check error */
+      if (!g_thread_pool_push (daemon->thread_pool, g_object_ref (job), NULL)) /* TODO: Check error */
+        g_object_unref (job);
     }
 }
 
@@ -1169,7 +1171,8 @@ void
 g_vfs_daemon_run_job_in_thread (GVfsDaemon *daemon,
 				GVfsJob    *job)
 {
-  g_thread_pool_push (daemon->thread_pool, job, NULL); /* TODO: Check error */
+  if (!g_thread_pool_push (daemon->thread_pool, g_object_ref (job), NULL)) /* TODO: Check error */
+    g_object_unref (job);
 }
 
 void