diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6824c27ed..d413d71b3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-01-19  Emmanuele Bassi  <ebassi@openedhand.com>
+
+	* clutter/clutter-main.c (generate_enter_leave_events): Do not
+	take the explicit reference, and let clutter_event_copy() do it
+	for us. (#714, Neil Roberts)
+
 2008-01-19  Emmanuele Bassi  <ebassi@openedhand.com>
 
 	* clutter/clutter-event.c (clutter_event_copy): Take an extra
diff --git a/clutter/clutter-main.c b/clutter/clutter-main.c
index a67ba5743..d0fede508 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-main.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-main.c
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ generate_enter_leave_events (ClutterEvent *event)
               cev.crossing.y       = event->motion.y;
               cev.crossing.source  = context->motion_last_actor;
               /* unref in free  */
-              cev.crossing.related = g_object_ref (motion_current_actor);
+              cev.crossing.related = motion_current_actor;
 
               g_queue_push_head (context->events_queue, 
                                  clutter_event_copy (&cev));
@@ -1297,10 +1297,9 @@ generate_enter_leave_events (ClutterEvent *event)
           cev.crossing.x       = event->motion.x;
           cev.crossing.y       = event->motion.y;
           cev.crossing.source  = motion_current_actor;
+
           if (context->motion_last_actor)
-            {
-              cev.crossing.related = g_object_ref (context->motion_last_actor);
-            }
+            cev.crossing.related = context->motion_last_actor;
           else
             {
               /* the previous actor we were getting events from seems to have