diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 284c8f2509..5437ff9bd6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2009-01-14  Sebastian Dröge  <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>
+
+	Patch by: Lennart Poettering <lennart at poettering dot net>
+
+	* ext/pulse/pulseprobe.c: (gst_pulseprobe_new),
+	(gst_pulseprobe_free):
+	Fix refcount loop, resulting in a thread leak. Fixes bug #567746.
+
 2009-01-14  Sebastian Dröge  <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>
 
 	* gst/spectrum/Makefile.am:
diff --git a/ext/pulse/pulseprobe.c b/ext/pulse/pulseprobe.c
index a25585bdf1..59a250bec3 100644
--- a/ext/pulse/pulseprobe.c
+++ b/ext/pulse/pulseprobe.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ gst_pulseprobe_new (GObject * object, GObjectClass * klass, guint prop_id,
   GstPulseProbe *c = NULL;
 
   c = g_new (GstPulseProbe, 1);
-  c->object = g_object_ref (object);
+  c->object = object;           /* We don't inc the ref counter here to avoid a ref loop */
   c->server = g_strdup (server);
   c->enumerate_sinks = sinks;
   c->enumerate_sources = sources;
@@ -293,8 +293,6 @@ gst_pulseprobe_free (GstPulseProbe * c)
   g_list_foreach (c->devices, (GFunc) g_free, NULL);
   g_list_free (c->devices);
 
-  g_object_unref (c->object);
-
   g_free (c);
 }