diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a8d60d224..6642c2410 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-01-27  Matthias Claesen <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/core/prefs.c: Free name of old theme when new theme
+          is loaded.
+
 2009-01-27  Matthias Claesen <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/ui/ui.c: free the result of gdk_text_property_to_utf8_list()
diff --git a/src/core/prefs.c b/src/core/prefs.c
index 2a2e8e904..1f4fe4102 100644
--- a/src/core/prefs.c
+++ b/src/core/prefs.c
@@ -1333,6 +1333,8 @@ theme_name_handler (MetaPreference pref,
                     const gchar *string_value,
                     gboolean *inform_listeners)
 {
+  g_free (current_theme);
+
   /* Fallback crackrock */
   if (string_value == NULL)
     current_theme = g_strdup ("Atlanta");