diff --git a/UI/frontend-plugins/decklink-output-ui/decklink-ui-main.cpp b/UI/frontend-plugins/decklink-output-ui/decklink-ui-main.cpp
index 1cf71fe2a..f6fa78d69 100644
--- a/UI/frontend-plugins/decklink-output-ui/decklink-ui-main.cpp
+++ b/UI/frontend-plugins/decklink-output-ui/decklink-ui-main.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ void output_start()
 					   settings, NULL);
 
 		bool started = obs_output_start(output);
-		obs_data_release(settings);
 
 		main_output_running = started;