diff --git a/bridges/bridge_softmix.c b/bridges/bridge_softmix.c
index 46b27f104206ca0053324c8c5d558dd5e842856b..249985a53b0a00b713b8d7c6d18f231714d1bc24 100644
--- a/bridges/bridge_softmix.c
+++ b/bridges/bridge_softmix.c
@@ -2085,7 +2085,9 @@ static void remb_enable_collection(struct ast_bridge *bridge, struct ast_bridge_
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (AST_VECTOR_REPLACE(&softmix_data->remb_collectors, bridge_stream_position, ao2_bump(sc->remb_collector))) {
+	ao2_ref(sc->remb_collector, +1);
+	if (AST_VECTOR_REPLACE(&softmix_data->remb_collectors, bridge_stream_position,
+		sc->remb_collector)) {
 		ao2_ref(sc->remb_collector, -1);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/res/res_pjsip/pjsip_options.c b/res/res_pjsip/pjsip_options.c
index 579f70e02d0749171413b49dd86e790aae21287f..5eaf9e8fd4c62a2cde164ef7902d9857ec99adc1 100644
--- a/res/res_pjsip/pjsip_options.c
+++ b/res/res_pjsip/pjsip_options.c
@@ -1530,10 +1530,11 @@ static int sip_options_endpoint_compositor_add_task(void *obj)
 	ast_debug(3, "Adding endpoint compositor '%s' to AOR '%s'\n",
 		task_data->endpoint_state_compositor->name, task_data->aor_options->name);
 
+	ao2_ref(task_data->endpoint_state_compositor, +1);
 	if (AST_VECTOR_APPEND(&task_data->aor_options->compositors,
-		ao2_bump(task_data->endpoint_state_compositor))) {
+		task_data->endpoint_state_compositor)) {
 		/* Failed to add so no need to update the endpoint status.  Nothing changed. */
-		ao2_cleanup(task_data->endpoint_state_compositor);
+		ao2_ref(task_data->endpoint_state_compositor, -1);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/res/res_pjsip_history.c b/res/res_pjsip_history.c
index eed06eed8238f6fb3d3fb6fe414a496a1cd54bf5..10bcd961877401423557e3b46af8e4bc1f03c7af 100644
--- a/res/res_pjsip_history.c
+++ b/res/res_pjsip_history.c
@@ -1133,7 +1133,8 @@ static struct vector_history_t *filter_history(struct ast_cli_args *a)
 		} else if (!res) {
 			continue;
 		} else {
-			if (AST_VECTOR_APPEND(output, ao2_bump(entry))) {
+			ao2_bump(entry);
+			if (AST_VECTOR_APPEND(output, entry)) {
 				ao2_cleanup(entry);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/res/res_pjsip_session.c b/res/res_pjsip_session.c
index 49ab8756829f95dcd4dbddaa271dc785ad586b19..8b1012e5e005e7c0c638cc34656380c04a498423 100644
--- a/res/res_pjsip_session.c
+++ b/res/res_pjsip_session.c
@@ -250,7 +250,10 @@ struct ast_sip_session_media_state *ast_sip_session_media_state_clone(const stru
 		struct ast_sip_session_media *session_media = AST_VECTOR_GET(&media_state->sessions, index);
 		enum ast_media_type type = ast_stream_get_type(ast_stream_topology_get_stream(cloned->topology, index));
 
-		AST_VECTOR_REPLACE(&cloned->sessions, index, ao2_bump(session_media));
+		ao2_bump(session_media);
+		if (AST_VECTOR_REPLACE(&cloned->sessions, index, session_media)) {
+			ao2_cleanup(session_media);
+		}
 		if (ast_stream_get_state(ast_stream_topology_get_stream(cloned->topology, index)) != AST_STREAM_STATE_REMOVED &&
 			!cloned->default_session[type]) {
 			cloned->default_session[type] = session_media;
diff --git a/res/stasis/messaging.c b/res/stasis/messaging.c
index 77a58745a18539ce11af8e817bd060fa4f5cbdef..a7716b8043f6e44c05b915649162dbba1cdbca16 100644
--- a/res/stasis/messaging.c
+++ b/res/stasis/messaging.c
@@ -457,8 +457,9 @@ static struct message_subscription *get_or_create_subscription(struct ast_endpoi
 		ao2_link(endpoint_subscriptions, sub);
 	} else {
 		ast_rwlock_wrlock(&tech_subscriptions_lock);
-		if (AST_VECTOR_APPEND(&tech_subscriptions, ao2_bump(sub))) {
-			/* Release the ao2_bump that was for the vector and allocation references. */
+		ao2_ref(sub, +1);
+		if (AST_VECTOR_APPEND(&tech_subscriptions, sub)) {
+			/* Release the refs that were for the vector and the allocation. */
 			ao2_ref(sub, -2);
 			sub = NULL;
 		}