diff --git a/src/activeqt/control/qaxserverbase.cpp b/src/activeqt/control/qaxserverbase.cpp
index ce57bf1c7defa585829c3e5e578effa5a079bc46..2150361524571eb6c2c06219a6ca354ccf7e48b7 100644
--- a/src/activeqt/control/qaxserverbase.cpp
+++ b/src/activeqt/control/qaxserverbase.cpp
@@ -696,6 +696,7 @@ public:
         const int count = connections.count();
         for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
             if (connections.at(i).dwCookie == dwCookie) {
+                connections.at(i).pUnk->Release();
                 connections.removeAt(i);
                 if (current >= i && current != 0)
                     --current;