diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index de1a601c00..b066e0fbfe 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-06-13  Edward Hervey  <edward@fluendo.com>
+
+	* gst/gst.c: (init_post):
+	Free string.
+
 2006-06-13  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 
 	* gst/glib-compat-private.h:
diff --git a/gst/gst.c b/gst/gst.c
index a3b5c34529..c327f77e7e 100644
--- a/gst/gst.c
+++ b/gst/gst.c
@@ -630,6 +630,7 @@ init_post (void)
     pid = fork ();
     if (pid == -1) {
       GST_ERROR ("Failed to fork()");
+      g_free (registry_file);
       return FALSE;
     }
 
@@ -695,6 +696,7 @@ init_post (void)
       _gst_registry_remove_cache_plugins (default_registry);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_FORK
+      g_free (registry_file);
       /* need to use _exit, so that any exit handlers registered don't
        * bring down the main program */
       _exit (0);