diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c8e7e16276..908e3ef104 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2008-05-20  Sebastian Dröge  <slomo@circular-chaos.org>
+
+	Patch by: Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim.muller at collabora co uk>
+
+	* libs/gst/base/gstbasetransform.c:
+	(gst_base_transform_sink_event):
+	Unref events that the GstBaseTransform::event vfunc didn't want to
+	have forwarded by the base class. Closes a leak in identity.
+	Fixes bug #446763.
+
 2008-05-19  Wim Taymans  <wim.taymans@collabora.co.uk>
 
 	* docs/libs/gstreamer-libs-sections.txt:
diff --git a/libs/gst/base/gstbasetransform.c b/libs/gst/base/gstbasetransform.c
index a477f13dbc..bfc6070fde 100644
--- a/libs/gst/base/gstbasetransform.c
+++ b/libs/gst/base/gstbasetransform.c
@@ -1263,6 +1263,8 @@ gst_base_transform_sink_event (GstPad * pad, GstEvent * event)
    * something different. */
   if (forward)
     ret = gst_pad_push_event (trans->srcpad, event);
+  else
+    gst_event_unref (event);
 
   gst_object_unref (trans);