diff --git a/cogl/cogl-pango/cogl-pango-fontmap.c b/cogl/cogl-pango/cogl-pango-fontmap.c
index f7b518446..7a9f43675 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl-pango/cogl-pango-fontmap.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl-pango/cogl-pango-fontmap.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ free_priv (gpointer data)
   CoglPangoFontMapPriv *priv = data;
 
   cogl_object_unref (priv->ctx);
-  cogl_object_unref (priv->renderer);
+  g_object_unref (priv->renderer);
 
   g_free (priv);
 }