diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 26bd804da5..62175d1aa4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-09-27  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* check/gst/gstbuffer.c: (test_make_writable):
+	  Plug leak in test case and fix 'make check-valgrind'
+
 2005-09-27  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
 
 	* gst/gstbuffer.c: (gst_subbuffer_init):
diff --git a/check/gst/gstbuffer.c b/check/gst/gstbuffer.c
index 4d4d2c1dcc..24611b40f1 100644
--- a/check/gst/gstbuffer.c
+++ b/check/gst/gstbuffer.c
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_make_writable)
   buf2 = gst_buffer_make_writable (buf);
   fail_unless (buf != buf2, "_make_writable() should have returned a copy!");
   gst_buffer_unref (buf2);
+  gst_buffer_unref (buf);
 }
 
 GST_END_TEST;
diff --git a/tests/check/gst/gstbuffer.c b/tests/check/gst/gstbuffer.c
index 4d4d2c1dcc..24611b40f1 100644
--- a/tests/check/gst/gstbuffer.c
+++ b/tests/check/gst/gstbuffer.c
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_make_writable)
   buf2 = gst_buffer_make_writable (buf);
   fail_unless (buf != buf2, "_make_writable() should have returned a copy!");
   gst_buffer_unref (buf2);
+  gst_buffer_unref (buf);
 }
 
 GST_END_TEST;