diff --git a/ui/input.c b/ui/input.c
index 2abd46de93..af05f06368 100644
--- a/ui/input.c
+++ b/ui/input.c
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ static void qemu_input_queue_process(void *opaque)
     item = QTAILQ_FIRST(queue);
     g_assert(item->type == QEMU_INPUT_QUEUE_DELAY);
     QTAILQ_REMOVE(queue, item, node);
+    queue_count--;
     g_free(item);
 
     while (!QTAILQ_EMPTY(queue)) {