diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5f3e73b03..3e4a10aec 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-05-15  Paolo Borelli  <pborelli@katamail.com>
+
+	* src/prefs.c (update_binding): plug a small leak.
+
 2006-05-12  Elijah Newren  <newren gmail com>
 
 	* configure.in: I don't think we want a config file for the
diff --git a/src/prefs.c b/src/prefs.c
index 6f5263cdb..d2be470db 100644
--- a/src/prefs.c
+++ b/src/prefs.c
@@ -2201,10 +2201,9 @@ update_binding (MetaKeyPref *binding,
                     binding->name,
                     value);
 
-      old_setting = meta_ui_accelerator_name(
-                      combo->keysym,
-                      combo->modifiers);
-      
+      old_setting = meta_ui_accelerator_name (combo->keysym,
+                                              combo->modifiers);
+
       if (!strcmp(old_setting, value))
         {
           /* We were about to set it to the same value
@@ -2213,6 +2212,7 @@ update_binding (MetaKeyPref *binding,
            * meta_ui_accelerator_name. Bail out now
            * so we don't get into an infinite loop.
            */
+           g_free (old_setting);
            return TRUE;
         }