diff --git a/dll/win32/msi/table.c b/dll/win32/msi/table.c
index 612a3695973..e9d6e8804e7 100644
--- a/dll/win32/msi/table.c
+++ b/dll/win32/msi/table.c
@@ -2887,6 +2887,7 @@ UINT TransformView_Create( MSIDATABASE *db, string_table *st, LPCWSTR name, MSIV
             colinfo[idx - 1].colname = msi_string_lookup( st, name_id, NULL );
         else
             ERR( "column name %s is not defined in strings table\n", wine_dbgstr_w(name) );
+        msiobj_release( &rec->hdr );
     }
     MSI_ViewClose( q );
     msiobj_release( &q->hdr );