diff --git a/res/ari/resource_applications.c b/res/ari/resource_applications.c
index 4a97401cf31249c7c66626e6f281b0030141395c..1d22a922b3be08b3f3c05aaaa2ab788fa73bfaf5 100644
--- a/res/ari/resource_applications.c
+++ b/res/ari/resource_applications.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void ast_ari_applications_list(struct ast_variable *headers,
 	ao2_lock(apps);
 	count = ao2_container_count(apps);
 	ao2_callback(apps, OBJ_NOLOCK | OBJ_NODATA, append_json, json);
-	ao2_lock(apps);
+	ao2_unlock(apps);
 
 	if (count != ast_json_array_size(json)) {
 		ast_ari_response_error(response, 500, "Internal Server Error",