diff --git a/coreapi/event.c b/coreapi/event.c
index c50ca460d..9eae159b8 100644
--- a/coreapi/event.c
+++ b/coreapi/event.c
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ void linphone_event_set_publish_state(LinphoneEvent *lev, LinphonePublishState s
 				linphone_event_release(lev);
 				break;
 			case LinphonePublishOk:
+				if (lev->oneshot) linphone_event_release(lev);
 				break;
 			case LinphonePublishError:
 				linphone_event_release(lev);
@@ -275,6 +276,12 @@ LinphoneEvent *linphone_core_create_publish(LinphoneCore *lc, const LinphoneAddr
 	return lev;
 }
 
+LinphoneEvent *linphone_core_create_one_shot_publish(LinphoneCore *lc, const LinphoneAddress *resource, const char *event){
+	LinphoneEvent *lev = linphone_core_create_publish(lc, resource, event, -1);
+	lev->oneshot = TRUE;
+	return lev;
+}
+
 static int _linphone_event_send_publish(LinphoneEvent *lev, const LinphoneContent *body, bool_t notify_err){
 	SalBodyHandler *body_handler;
 	int err;
diff --git a/coreapi/event.h b/coreapi/event.h
index 247df2a9d..47db9cc79 100644
--- a/coreapi/event.h
+++ b/coreapi/event.h
@@ -204,6 +204,19 @@ LINPHONE_PUBLIC LinphoneEvent *linphone_core_publish(LinphoneCore *lc, const Lin
 **/
 LINPHONE_PUBLIC LinphoneEvent *linphone_core_create_publish(LinphoneCore *lc, const LinphoneAddress *resource, const char *event, int expires);
 
+
+/**
+ * Create a publish context for a one-shot publish.
+ * After being created, the publish must be sent using linphone_event_send_publish().
+ * The LinphoneEvent is automatically terminated when the publish transaction is finished, either with success or failure.
+ * The application must not call linphone_event_terminate() for such one-shot publish.
+ * @param lc the #LinphoneCore
+ * @param resource the resource uri for the event
+ * @param event the event name
+ * @return the LinphoneEvent holding the context of the publish.
+**/
+LINPHONE_PUBLIC LinphoneEvent *linphone_core_create_one_shot_publish(LinphoneCore *lc, const LinphoneAddress *resource, const char *event);
+
 /**
  * Send a publish created by linphone_core_create_publish().
  * @param lev the #LinphoneEvent
diff --git a/coreapi/private.h b/coreapi/private.h
index 21f57e974..be1936d2b 100644
--- a/coreapi/private.h
+++ b/coreapi/private.h
@@ -1085,6 +1085,7 @@ struct _LinphoneEvent{
 	bool_t terminating;
 	bool_t is_out_of_dialog_op; /*used for out of dialog notify*/
 	bool_t internal;
+	bool_t oneshot;
 };
 
 BELLE_SIP_DECLARE_VPTR(LinphoneEvent);
diff --git a/coreapi/quality_reporting.c b/coreapi/quality_reporting.c
index 92a402a3c..ecf301ca7 100644
--- a/coreapi/quality_reporting.c
+++ b/coreapi/quality_reporting.c
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@ static void append_metrics_to_buffer(char ** buffer, size_t * size, size_t * off
 
 static int send_report(LinphoneCall* call, reporting_session_report_t * report, const char * report_event) {
 	LinphoneContent *content;
-	int expires = -1;
 	size_t offset = 0;
 	size_t size = 2048;
 	char * buffer;
@@ -357,7 +356,7 @@ static int send_report(LinphoneCall* call, reporting_session_report_t * report,
 		collector_uri = ms_strdup_printf("sip:%s", linphone_proxy_config_get_domain(call->dest_proxy));
 	}
 	request_uri = linphone_address_new(collector_uri);
-	lev=linphone_core_create_publish(call->core, request_uri, "vq-rtcpxr", expires);
+	lev = linphone_core_create_one_shot_publish(call->core, request_uri, "vq-rtcpxr");
 	/* Special exception for quality report PUBLISH: if the collector_uri has any transport related parameters
 	 * (port, transport, maddr), then it is sent directly.
 	 * Otherwise it is routed as any LinphoneEvent publish, following proxy config policy.
@@ -370,7 +369,6 @@ static int send_report(LinphoneCall* call, reporting_session_report_t * report,
 	}
 
 	if (linphone_event_send_publish(lev, content) != 0){
-		linphone_event_unref(lev);
 		lev=NULL;
 		ret=4;
 	} else {