diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a76d099313..6226377447 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-12-21  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* gst/playback/gststreamselector.c: (gst_selector_pad_event):
+	  Don't leak event.
+
 2007-12-20  Thijs Vermeir <thijsvermeir@gmail.com>
 
 	* gst-libs/gst/riff/riff-read.c:
diff --git a/gst/playback/gststreamselector.c b/gst/playback/gststreamselector.c
index c2db8e2e62..86ced9f825 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gststreamselector.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gststreamselector.c
@@ -237,6 +237,8 @@ gst_selector_pad_event (GstPad * pad, GstEvent * event)
   }
   if (forward)
     res = gst_pad_push_event (sel->srcpad, event);
+  else
+    gst_event_unref (event);
 
   gst_object_unref (sel);