diff --git a/app/actions/windows-commands.c b/app/actions/windows-commands.c
index 2f73b1ca10..dd37e74933 100644
--- a/app/actions/windows-commands.c
+++ b/app/actions/windows-commands.c
@@ -99,10 +99,14 @@ windows_open_recent_cmd_callback (GtkAction *action,
   GimpSessionInfo *info = g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (action), "info");
 
   g_object_ref (info);
+
   gimp_container_remove (global_recent_docks, GIMP_OBJECT (info));
 
-  gimp_dialog_factory_add_session_info (gimp_dialog_factory_get_singleton (), info);
+  gimp_dialog_factory_add_session_info (gimp_dialog_factory_get_singleton (),
+                                        info);
 
   gimp_session_info_restore (info, gimp_dialog_factory_get_singleton ());
   gimp_session_info_clear_info (info);
+
+  g_object_unref (info);
 }
diff --git a/app/gui/session.c b/app/gui/session.c
index e4574481da..0f6fc22b1d 100644
--- a/app/gui/session.c
+++ b/app/gui/session.c
@@ -205,9 +205,9 @@ session_init (Gimp *gimp)
                       GIMP_LOG (DIALOG_FACTORY,
                                 "failed to parse session info %p, not adding",
                                 info);
-
-                      g_object_unref (info);
                     }
+
+                  g_object_unref (info);
                 }
               else
                 {
diff --git a/app/widgets/gimpdialogfactory.c b/app/widgets/gimpdialogfactory.c
index cb108843e7..b0a731201e 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimpdialogfactory.c
+++ b/app/widgets/gimpdialogfactory.c
@@ -682,11 +682,13 @@ gimp_dialog_factory_add_session_info (GimpDialogFactory *factory,
                                       GimpSessionInfo   *info)
 {
   g_return_if_fail (GIMP_IS_DIALOG_FACTORY (factory));
+  g_return_if_fail (GIMP_IS_SESSION_INFO (info));
 
   /* We want to append rather than prepend so that the serialized
    * order in sessionrc remains the same
    */
-  factory->p->session_infos = g_list_append (factory->p->session_infos, info);
+  factory->p->session_infos = g_list_append (factory->p->session_infos,
+                                             g_object_ref (info));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -911,7 +913,8 @@ gimp_dialog_factory_add_dialog (GimpDialogFactory *factory,
                                 NULL);
             }
 
-          factory->p->session_infos = g_list_append (factory->p->session_infos, info);
+          gimp_dialog_factory_add_session_info (factory, info);
+          g_object_unref (info);
         }
     }