diff --git a/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog b/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
index 1bb1938c6..f8665b56c 100644
--- a/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Nov  5 14:16:17 2002  Owen Taylor  <otaylor@redhat.com>
+
+	* gdk-pixbuf-loader.c (gdk_pixbuf_loader_close): Fix 
+	leaked pixbuf reference (#96823, Morten Welinder)
+
 2002-10-23  Matthias Clasen  <maclas@gmx.de>
 
 	* io-gif.c (lzw_read_byte): Check for stack overflow throughout.
diff --git a/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-loader.c b/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-loader.c
index 5b82c61fb..0ef899739 100644
--- a/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-loader.c
+++ b/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-loader.c
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ gdk_pixbuf_loader_close (GdkPixbufLoader *loader,
     pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_new (GDK_COLORSPACE_RGB, tmp->has_alpha, 8, priv->width, priv->height);
     g_object_unref (priv->animation);
     priv->animation = gdk_pixbuf_non_anim_new (pixbuf);
+    g_object_unref (pixbuf);
     g_signal_emit (loader, pixbuf_loader_signals[AREA_PREPARED], 0);
     gdk_pixbuf_scale (tmp, pixbuf, 0, 0, priv->width, priv->height, 0, 0,
 		      (double) priv->width / tmp->width,