1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 6ff6e1f2a..8c36b1089 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -286,7 +286,6 @@ static void monitor_protocol_emitter(Monitor *mon, QObject *data)
     if (!monitor_has_error(mon)) {
         /* success response */
         if (data) {
-            assert(qobject_type(data) == QTYPE_QDICT);
             qobject_incref(data);
             qdict_put_obj(qmp, "return", data);
         } else {
@@ -369,8 +368,10 @@ void monitor_protocol_event(MonitorEvent event, QObject *data)
     qmp = qdict_new();
     timestamp_put(qmp);
     qdict_put(qmp, "event", qstring_from_str(event_name));
-    if (data)
+    if (data) {
+        qobject_incref(data);
         qdict_put_obj(qmp, "data", data);
+    }
 
     monitor_json_emitter(mon, QOBJECT(qmp));
     QDECREF(qmp);