diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5e3cfab805..4e14630062 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-10-18  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+	* gst/gstregistry.c: (gst_registry_scan_path_level):
+	  unref a plug-in we get that was already initialized
+
 2005-10-18  Stefan Kost  <ensonic@users.sf.net>
 
 	* docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt:
diff --git a/common b/common
index cf363b3ae6..e6e9e5ab17 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit cf363b3ae6ce3c4a84a561e04ffc4e3b37435a61
+Subproject commit e6e9e5ab1702ac32185b2b28af81feba9fd132f1
diff --git a/gst/gstregistry.c b/gst/gstregistry.c
index 374e3d1ac2..7cedf1d098 100644
--- a/gst/gstregistry.c
+++ b/gst/gstregistry.c
@@ -706,6 +706,7 @@ gst_registry_scan_path_level (GstRegistry * registry, const gchar * path,
             "plugin already registered from path \"%s\"",
             GST_STR_NULL (plugin->filename));
         g_free (filename);
+        gst_object_unref (plugin);
         continue;
       }
       plugin->registered = TRUE;