diff --git a/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativecompiler.cpp b/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativecompiler.cpp
index b2740b8..20f03c7 100644
--- a/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativecompiler.cpp
+++ b/src/declarative/qml/qdeclarativecompiler.cpp
@@ -593,6 +593,8 @@ bool QDeclarativeCompiler::compile(QDeclarativeEngine *engine,
             ref.component = tref.typeData->compiledData();
             ref.ref = tref.typeData;
             ref.ref->addref();
+            if (ref.component)
+                ref.component->release(); //ref.ref already holds a reference to component
         }
         ref.className = parserRef->name.toUtf8();
         out->types << ref;