diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b525b97c05..2a84ca5b15 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-08-25  David Schleef  <ds@schleef.org>
+
+	* ext/cairo/gsttextoverlay.c: Fix obvious memleak.
+
 2008-08-25  Edward Hervey  <edward.hervey@collabora.co.uk>
 
 	* gst/matroska/matroska-demux.c: (gst_matroska_demux_send_event),
diff --git a/ext/cairo/gsttextoverlay.c b/ext/cairo/gsttextoverlay.c
index 74fc775516..c96f22bfa0 100644
--- a/ext/cairo/gsttextoverlay.c
+++ b/ext/cairo/gsttextoverlay.c
@@ -410,8 +410,6 @@ gst_text_overlay_render_text (GstCairoTextOverlay * overlay,
   if (textlen < 0)
     textlen = strlen (text);
 
-  string = g_strndup (text, textlen);
-
   if (overlay->need_render) {
     GST_DEBUG ("Rendering text '%s' on cairo RGBA surface", string);
   } else {
@@ -421,6 +419,8 @@ gst_text_overlay_render_text (GstCairoTextOverlay * overlay,
     return;
   }
 
+  string = g_strndup (text, textlen);
+
   overlay->text_fill_image =
       g_realloc (overlay->text_fill_image,
       4 * overlay->width * overlay->font_height);