diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fae56cb78c..710f7db131 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2009-02-27  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+	Bug 572972 – GtkRecentChooserDefault: memory leak in
+	copy_activated_cb()
+
+	* gtk/gtkrecentchooserdefault.c (copy_activated_cb): Don't leak
+	a GtkRecentInfo. Found by Tommi Rantala
+
 2009-02-27  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
 	Bug 572968 – GtkIconView: image_description setter function strdups
diff --git a/gtk/gtkrecentchooserdefault.c b/gtk/gtkrecentchooserdefault.c
index 9b485f2a34..f46bd9e03d 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkrecentchooserdefault.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkrecentchooserdefault.c
@@ -1676,6 +1676,7 @@ copy_activated_cb (GtkMenuItem *menu_item,
 			  			    GDK_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD),
                           utf8_uri, -1);
 
+  gtk_recent_info_unref (info);
   g_free (utf8_uri);
 }