diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 27b4765d12..e427f01d67 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-03-10  Jan Schmidt,,,  <thaytan@mad.scientist.com>
+	* gst/registries/gstlibxmlregistry.c: (load_plugin), (load_paths):
+	  g_free allocated GstPlugins, since they're not GstObjects.
+
 2005-03-09  Jan Schmidt  <thaytan@mad.scientist.com>
 
 	* docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt:
diff --git a/gst/registries/gstlibxmlregistry.c b/gst/registries/gstlibxmlregistry.c
index e5fba5d813..ef06ea2af5 100644
--- a/gst/registries/gstlibxmlregistry.c
+++ b/gst/registries/gstlibxmlregistry.c
@@ -844,7 +844,8 @@ load_plugin (xmlTextReaderPtr reader)
       }
     }
   }
-  gst_object_unref (GST_OBJECT (plugin));
+  g_free (plugin);
+
   return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -873,6 +874,8 @@ load_paths (xmlTextReaderPtr reader, GstXMLRegistry * registry)
       }
     }
   }
+
+  g_free (plugin);
   return NULL;
 }