diff --git a/brightray/browser/linux/notification_presenter_linux.cc b/brightray/browser/linux/notification_presenter_linux.cc
index c31e3d01e9fc..193e80c76d63 100644
--- a/brightray/browser/linux/notification_presenter_linux.cc
+++ b/brightray/browser/linux/notification_presenter_linux.cc
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ void NotificationPresenterLinux::ShowNotification(
   notify_notification_show(notification, &error);
   if (error) {
     log_and_clear_error(error, "notify_notification_show");
-    delegate->NotificationError();
+    g_object_unref(notification);
     return;
   }