diff --git a/main/taskprocessor.c b/main/taskprocessor.c
index dfead22abda667e78fc13a18a201b58916ff3d34..9a880a654432e68de5f04e73bf002a03d60fb0e5 100644
--- a/main/taskprocessor.c
+++ b/main/taskprocessor.c
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ static char *cli_tps_ping(struct ast_cli_entry *e, int cmd, struct ast_cli_args
 	ts.tv_nsec = when.tv_usec * 1000;
 	ast_mutex_lock(&cli_ping_cond_lock);
 	if (ast_taskprocessor_push(tps, tps_ping_handler, 0) < 0) {
+		ast_mutex_unlock(&cli_ping_cond_lock);
 		ast_cli(a->fd, "\nping failed: could not push task to %s\n\n", name);
 		ao2_ref(tps, -1);
 		return CLI_FAILURE;
@@ -444,7 +445,7 @@ static char *cli_tps_report(struct ast_cli_entry *e, int cmd, struct ast_cli_arg
 		maxqsize = p->stats->max_qsize;
 		processed = p->stats->_tasks_processed_count;
 		ast_cli(a->fd, "\n%24s   %17lu %12lu %12lu", name, processed, qsize, maxqsize);
-		ao2_ref(p, -1);
+		ast_taskprocessor_unreference(p);
 	}
 	ao2_iterator_destroy(&i);
 	tcount = ao2_container_count(tps_singletons);