diff --git a/UI/window-basic-transform.cpp b/UI/window-basic-transform.cpp
index a66c16ab4..830b9d012 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-transform.cpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-transform.cpp
@@ -354,6 +354,6 @@ void OBSBasicTransform::OnSceneChanged(QListWidgetItem *current,
 	if (!current)
 		return;
 
-	obs_scene_t *scene = GetOBSRef<OBSScene>(current);
+	OBSScene scene = GetOBSRef<OBSScene>(current);
 	this->SetScene(scene);
 }
diff --git a/libobs/obs-scene.c b/libobs/obs-scene.c
index 9b4086082..093519354 100644
--- a/libobs/obs-scene.c
+++ b/libobs/obs-scene.c
@@ -3301,10 +3301,10 @@ obs_sceneitem_t *obs_scene_insert_group(obs_scene_t *scene, const char *name,
 	obs_sceneitem_t *item =
 		obs_scene_add_internal(scene, sub_scene->source, last_item);
 
-	obs_scene_release(sub_scene);
-
-	if (!items || !count)
+	if (!items || !count) {
+		obs_scene_release(sub_scene);
 		return item;
+	}
 
 	/* ------------------------- */
 
@@ -3345,6 +3345,7 @@ obs_sceneitem_t *obs_scene_insert_group(obs_scene_t *scene, const char *name,
 
 	/* ------------------------- */
 
+	obs_scene_release(sub_scene);
 	return item;
 }