diff --git a/src/mesa/main/attrib.c b/src/mesa/main/attrib.c
index 98173cf7862..218e0aeb6b7 100644
--- a/src/mesa/main/attrib.c
+++ b/src/mesa/main/attrib.c
@@ -1267,9 +1267,6 @@ adjust_buffer_object_ref_counts(struct gl_array_attrib *array, GLint step)
       array->ArrayObj->TexCoord[i].BufferObj->RefCount += step;
    for (i = 0; i < VERT_ATTRIB_MAX; i++)
       array->ArrayObj->VertexAttrib[i].BufferObj->RefCount += step;
-
-   array->ArrayBufferObj->RefCount += step;
-   array->ElementArrayBufferObj->RefCount += step;
 }