diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 999b6efe57..d876f83e6a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2007-12-13  Wim Taymans  <wim.taymans@collabora.co.uk>
+
+	Patch by: Peter Kjellerstedt  <pkj at axis com>
+
+	* gst-libs/gst/rtsp/gstrtspconnection.c:
+	(gst_rtsp_connection_free):
+	Close control sockets. Fixes #503440.
+
 2007-12-13  Wim Taymans  <wim.taymans@collabora.co.uk>
 
 	* gst/playback/gstdecodebin2.c: (analyze_new_pad), (connect_pad):
diff --git a/common b/common
index fb7ab03319..ea5f2cfab1 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit fb7ab03319930496e922173d54f6dfccfff6f357
+Subproject commit ea5f2cfab1a164a5d285fe745343cbe0a476a904
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/rtsp/gstrtspconnection.c b/gst-libs/gst/rtsp/gstrtspconnection.c
index 1da824d810..a11f29bf4d 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/rtsp/gstrtspconnection.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/rtsp/gstrtspconnection.c
@@ -1163,6 +1163,10 @@ gst_rtsp_connection_free (GstRTSPConnection * conn)
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (conn != NULL, GST_RTSP_EINVAL);
 
+  if (WRITE_SOCKET (conn) >= 0)
+    CLOSE_SOCKET (WRITE_SOCKET (conn));
+  if (READ_SOCKET (conn) >= 0)
+    CLOSE_SOCKET (READ_SOCKET (conn));
 #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
   WSACleanup ();
 #endif