diff --git a/widgets/ChangeLog b/widgets/ChangeLog
index 73fcbf355e..bc77dbb576 100644
--- a/widgets/ChangeLog
+++ b/widgets/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-10-24  Jon Trowbridge  <trow@ximian.com>
+
+	* menus/gal-view-menus.c (gal_view_menus_apply): Ref the
+	BonoboUIComponent that we are holding.
+	(gvm_destroy): Unref our BonoboUIComponent.
+
 2001-10-21  Christopher James Lahey  <clahey@ximian.com>
 
 	* menus/gal-view-menus.c: Make this not be a radio button, but
diff --git a/widgets/menus/gal-view-menus.c b/widgets/menus/gal-view-menus.c
index 353b3560ed..2b2677a5bd 100644
--- a/widgets/menus/gal-view-menus.c
+++ b/widgets/menus/gal-view-menus.c
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ gvm_destroy (GtkObject *object)
 
 	free_verbs(gvm);
 	remove_xml(gvm);
+
+	if (gvm->priv->component) {
+		bonobo_object_unref (BONOBO_OBJECT (gvm->priv->component));
+		gvm->priv->component = NULL;
+	}
+
 	g_free(gvm->priv);
 	gvm->priv = NULL;
 
@@ -300,6 +306,12 @@ gal_view_menus_apply     (GalViewMenus      *gvm,
 			  BonoboUIComponent *component,
 			  CORBA_Environment *ev)
 {
+	if (component)
+		bonobo_object_ref (BONOBO_OBJECT (component));
+
+	if (gvm->priv->component)
+		bonobo_object_unref (BONOBO_OBJECT (gvm->priv->component));
+
 	gvm->priv->component = component;
 
 	build_stuff (gvm, ev);