diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f4a7886ce5..46617f07ce 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-06-15  Zaheer Abbas Merali  <zaheerabbas at merali.org>
+
+	* gst-libs/gst/riff/riff-read.c: (gst_riff_peek_head):
+	Added missing refcount, fixes bug #144425
+	Cheers Tim for finding the bug
+
 2004-06-15  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 
 	* sys/v4l/gstv4l.c: (plugin_init):
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/riff/riff-read.c b/gst-libs/gst/riff/riff-read.c
index abae803883..6f5c5b2c39 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/riff/riff-read.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/riff/riff-read.c
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ gst_riff_peek_head (GstRiffRead * riff,
     /* Here, we might encounter EOS */
     gst_bytestream_get_status (riff->bs, &remaining, &event);
     if (GST_IS_EVENT (event)) {
+      gst_event_ref (event);
       gst_pad_event_default (riff->sinkpad, event);
       if (GST_EVENT_TYPE (event) == GST_EVENT_EOS)
         return FALSE;