diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 76acd321df..bfa1210021 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-08-11  Steve Lhomme  <steve.lhomme@free.fr>
+
+	* gst/gstvalue.c:
+	  fix a possible memory leak under Windows
+
 2004-08-11  Steve Lhomme  <steve.lhomme@free.fr>
 
 	* win32/GStreamer.vcproj:
diff --git a/gst/gstvalue.c b/gst/gstvalue.c
index dccf9be9a1..4efe859843 100644
--- a/gst/gstvalue.c
+++ b/gst/gstvalue.c
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ gst_value_serialize_buffer (const GValue * value)
   data = GST_BUFFER_DATA (buffer);
   size = GST_BUFFER_SIZE (buffer);
 
-  string = malloc (size * 2 + 1);
+  string = g_malloc (size * 2 + 1);
   for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
     sprintf (string + i * 2, "%02x", data[i]);
   }
@@ -2523,7 +2523,7 @@ gst_value_deserialize_fraction (GValue * dest, const char *s)
     return FALSE;
   tmp = g_strndup (s, (size_t) (div - s));
   num = atoi (tmp);
-  free (tmp);
+  g_free (tmp);
   den = atoi (div + 1);
 
   gst_value_set_fraction (dest, num, den);