diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/htmlcurstyle.c b/dlls/mshtml/htmlcurstyle.c
index f0b0d984915..bf46cfcba64 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/htmlcurstyle.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/htmlcurstyle.c
@@ -1338,6 +1338,7 @@ HRESULT HTMLCurrentStyle_Create(HTMLElement *elem, IHTMLCurrentStyle **p)
     nsAString_Init(&nsempty_str, NULL);
     nsres = nsIDOMWindow_GetComputedStyle(nsview, (nsIDOMElement*)elem->nselem, &nsempty_str, &nsstyle);
     nsAString_Finish(&nsempty_str);
+    nsIDOMWindow_Release(nsview);
     if(NS_FAILED(nsres)) {
         ERR("GetComputedStyle failed: %08x\n", nsres);
         return E_FAIL;