diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 246eac78e8..6c5e891e01 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-10-02  Christian Persch
+
+        Bug 554691 – mem leak in filechooser
+
+        * gtk/gtkfilesystemmodel.c: Plug a mem leak.
+
 2008-10-02  Christian Persch
 
         Bug 554690 – mem leak in filechooser
diff --git a/gtk/gtkfilesystemmodel.c b/gtk/gtkfilesystemmodel.c
index 7918f881fb..aab21109db 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkfilesystemmodel.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkfilesystemmodel.c
@@ -1133,6 +1133,7 @@ _gtk_file_system_model_path_do (GtkFileSystemModel        *model,
 	  return;
 	}
     }
+  g_object_unref (parent_file);
 
   if (g_slist_length (files) < 1)
     return;