diff --git a/package/network/services/hostapd/src/src/ap/ucode.c b/package/network/services/hostapd/src/src/ap/ucode.c
index 74e5558626d..a865a292e13 100644
--- a/package/network/services/hostapd/src/src/ap/ucode.c
+++ b/package/network/services/hostapd/src/src/ap/ucode.c
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ void hostapd_ucode_free(void)
 
 void hostapd_ucode_free_iface(struct hostapd_iface *iface)
 {
-	wpa_ucode_registry_remove(iface_registry, iface->ucode.idx);
+	ucv_put(wpa_ucode_registry_remove(iface_registry, iface->ucode.idx));
 }
 
 void hostapd_ucode_bss_cb(struct hostapd_data *hapd, const char *type)
@@ -950,6 +950,8 @@ void hostapd_ucode_free_bss(struct hostapd_data *hapd)
 	uc_value_push(ucv_string_new(hapd->conf->iface));
 	uc_value_push(ucv_get(val));
 	ucv_put(wpa_ucode_call(2));
+
+	ucv_put(val);
 	ucv_gc(vm);
 }
 
diff --git a/package/network/services/hostapd/src/src/utils/ucode.c b/package/network/services/hostapd/src/src/utils/ucode.c
index c5b7e39a0ef..a7cc2c7059c 100644
--- a/package/network/services/hostapd/src/src/utils/ucode.c
+++ b/package/network/services/hostapd/src/src/utils/ucode.c
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ uc_value_t *wpa_ucode_registry_remove(uc_value_t *reg, int idx)
 	if (!val)
 		return NULL;
 
+	ucv_get(val);
 	ucv_array_set(reg, idx - 1, NULL);
 	dataptr = ucv_resource_dataptr(val, NULL);
 	if (dataptr)
diff --git a/package/network/services/hostapd/src/wpa_supplicant/ucode.c b/package/network/services/hostapd/src/wpa_supplicant/ucode.c
index 506bde45c93..8335a27e892 100644
--- a/package/network/services/hostapd/src/wpa_supplicant/ucode.c
+++ b/package/network/services/hostapd/src/wpa_supplicant/ucode.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ void wpas_ucode_free_bss(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s)
 	uc_value_push(ucv_string_new(wpa_s->ifname));
 	uc_value_push(ucv_get(val));
 	ucv_put(wpa_ucode_call(2));
+	ucv_put(val);
 	ucv_gc(vm);
 }