diff --git a/src/libexpr-tests/nix_api_expr.cc b/src/libexpr-tests/nix_api_expr.cc
index 02f99675e..3e5cd0d43 100644
--- a/src/libexpr-tests/nix_api_expr.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr-tests/nix_api_expr.cc
@@ -42,12 +42,16 @@ TEST_F(nix_api_expr_test, nix_eval_state_lookup_path)
     nix_expr_eval_from_string(ctx, state, "builtins.seq <nixos-config> <nixpkgs>", ".", value);
     assert_ctx_ok();
 
+    nix_state_free(state);
+
     ASSERT_EQ(nix_get_type(ctx, value), NIX_TYPE_PATH);
     assert_ctx_ok();
 
     auto pathStr = nix_get_path_string(ctx, value);
     assert_ctx_ok();
     ASSERT_EQ(0, strcmp(pathStr, nixpkgs.c_str()));
+
+    nix_gc_decref(nullptr, value);
 }
 
 TEST_F(nix_api_expr_test, nix_expr_eval_from_string)