diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/selection.c b/dlls/msxml3/selection.c
index 55873bb2b2b..3cbf4e9c93a 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/selection.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/selection.c
@@ -513,7 +513,11 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI enumvariant_Next(
 
     /* we need to advance one step more for some reason */
     if (ret_count)
+    {
+        node = NULL;
         IXMLDOMSelection_nextNode(This->selection, &node);
+        if (node) IXMLDOMNode_Release(node);
+    }
 
     return celt == 0 ? S_OK : S_FALSE;
 }