diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index caa0f98efb..f6d247229a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-09-28  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+	* gst/gstpad.override:
+	  don't leak the parent when repr'ing pads
+
 2005-09-28  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 
 	* gst/__init__.py:
diff --git a/gst/gstpad.override b/gst/gstpad.override
index 5172b2058d..6a5c83e4cc 100644
--- a/gst/gstpad.override
+++ b/gst/gstpad.override
@@ -395,6 +395,8 @@ _wrap_gst_pad_tp_repr (PyGObject *self)
     buf = g_strdup_printf ("<GstPad (%s:%s) at %lx>",
         parent ? gst_element_get_name (parent) : "---",
         gst_pad_get_name (pad), (long) self->obj);
+    if (parent)
+        gst_object_unref (parent);
 
     retval = PyString_FromString(buf);
     g_free(buf);