diff --git a/gtk/gtkcssprovider.c b/gtk/gtkcssprovider.c
index be6fbd783a..4bd6c565a9 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkcssprovider.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkcssprovider.c
@@ -835,6 +835,7 @@ static void gtk_css_style_provider_iface_init (GtkStyleProviderIface *iface);
 
 static void scanner_apply_scope (GScanner    *scanner,
                                  ParserScope  scope);
+static void     css_provider_reset_parser (GtkCssProvider *css_provider);
 static gboolean css_provider_parse_value (GtkCssProvider  *css_provider,
                                           const gchar     *value_str,
                                           GValue          *value,
@@ -1469,6 +1470,8 @@ gtk_css_provider_finalize (GObject *object)
   css_provider = GTK_CSS_PROVIDER (object);
   priv = css_provider->priv;
 
+  css_provider_reset_parser (css_provider);
+
   g_scanner_destroy (priv->scanner);
   g_free (priv->filename);
 
@@ -2463,6 +2466,8 @@ gradient_parse_str (const gchar  *str,
 
           if (*str != ')')
             {
+              if (color)
+                gtk_symbolic_color_unref (color);
               *end_ptr = (gchar *) str;
               return gradient;
             }