diff --git a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
index a00b2e519..fb8c23126 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
@@ -6149,8 +6149,9 @@ void OBSBasic::on_actionCopyFilters_triggered()
 void OBSBasic::on_actionPasteFilters_triggered()
 {
 	OBSSource source = obs_get_source_by_name(copyFiltersString);
-	OBSSceneItem sceneItem = GetCurrentSceneItem();
+	obs_source_release(source);
 
+	OBSSceneItem sceneItem = GetCurrentSceneItem();
 	OBSSource dstSource = obs_sceneitem_get_source(sceneItem);
 
 	if (source == dstSource)
diff --git a/libobs/obs-source.c b/libobs/obs-source.c
index 60d7a0487..d3a1e5b39 100644
--- a/libobs/obs-source.c
+++ b/libobs/obs-source.c
@@ -430,8 +430,6 @@ void obs_source_copy_filters(obs_source_t *dst, obs_source_t *src)
 	duplicate_filters(dst, src, dst->context.private ?
 					OBS_SCENE_DUP_PRIVATE_COPY :
 					OBS_SCENE_DUP_COPY);
-
-	obs_source_release(src);
 }
 
 obs_source_t *obs_source_duplicate(obs_source_t *source,