diff --git a/main/taskprocessor.c b/main/taskprocessor.c
index 0712a92ff5..5061f47952 100644
--- a/main/taskprocessor.c
+++ b/main/taskprocessor.c
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ static char *cli_tps_report(struct ast_cli_entry *e, int cmd, struct ast_cli_arg
 		maxqsize = p->stats->max_qsize;
 		processed = p->stats->_tasks_processed_count;
 		ast_cli(a->fd, "\n%24s   %17lu %12lu %12lu", name, processed, qsize, maxqsize);
-		ao2_ref(p, -1);
+		ast_taskprocessor_unreference(p);
 	}
 	ao2_iterator_destroy(&i);
 	tcount = ao2_container_count(tps_singletons);