diff --git a/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog b/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
index 2e3cc95800..b9b56060b2 100644
--- a/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+1999-10-20  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/gdk-pixbuf-io.c (image_handler_load): Free path.
+
 1999-10-20  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@redhat.com>
 
 	* configure.in: Bumped version number to 0.3.
diff --git a/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-io.c b/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-io.c
index 6e873a53dd..42a06c3c4f 100644
--- a/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-io.c
+++ b/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-io.c
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ image_handler_load (int idx)
 	g_free (module_name);
 
 	module = g_module_open (path, G_MODULE_BIND_LAZY);
+	g_free (path);
 	if (!module) {
 		g_warning ("Unable to load module: %s", path);
 		return;