diff --git a/libs/temporal/test/TempoMapCutBufferTest.cc b/libs/temporal/test/TempoMapCutBufferTest.cc
index 50a04c33c7..a4cea75dd3 100644
--- a/libs/temporal/test/TempoMapCutBufferTest.cc
+++ b/libs/temporal/test/TempoMapCutBufferTest.cc
@@ -93,4 +93,5 @@ TempoMapCutBufferTest::pasteTest()
 	CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL (omt, nmt);
 
 	delete new_map;
+	tmap->abort_update ();
 }