diff --git a/src/gnome-utils/dialog-utils.c b/src/gnome-utils/dialog-utils.c
index 141cb9f678..ee35755dc6 100644
--- a/src/gnome-utils/dialog-utils.c
+++ b/src/gnome-utils/dialog-utils.c
@@ -623,6 +623,7 @@ check_realize (GtkWidget *widget, gpointer user_data)
 
   layout = gtk_widget_create_pango_layout(widget, "sample");
   pango_layout_get_pixel_size(layout, NULL,  &font_height);
+  g_object_unref(layout);
   check_size = (font_height > 0) ? font_height - 6 : 9;
 
   check_info->mask = gdk_pixmap_new (NULL, check_size, check_size, 1);
diff --git a/src/gnome-utils/gnc-dense-cal.c b/src/gnome-utils/gnc-dense-cal.c
index a2900ab823..5d0b0c293b 100644
--- a/src/gnome-utils/gnc-dense-cal.c
+++ b/src/gnome-utils/gnc-dense-cal.c
@@ -1075,6 +1075,8 @@ gnc_dense_cal_draw_to_buffer(GncDenseCal *dcal)
                                widget->allocation.y,
                                widget->allocation.width,
                                widget->allocation.height);
+
+    g_object_unref(layout);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/register/register-gnome/gnucash-sheet.c b/src/register/register-gnome/gnucash-sheet.c
index 4b6a4752c7..9ea5f36d35 100644
--- a/src/register/register-gnome/gnucash-sheet.c
+++ b/src/register/register-gnome/gnucash-sheet.c
@@ -1952,6 +1952,8 @@ gnucash_sheet_col_max_width (GnucashSheet *sheet, gint virt_col, gint cell_col)
                         }
         }
 
+        g_object_unref (layout);
+
         return max;
 }