diff --git a/gnome-settings-daemon/ChangeLog b/gnome-settings-daemon/ChangeLog
index e9d02f1b8..a82e3ce1d 100644
--- a/gnome-settings-daemon/ChangeLog
+++ b/gnome-settings-daemon/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-09-16  Kjartan Maraas  <kmaraas@gnome.org>
+
+	* gnome-settings-font.c: (load_xcursor_theme): Don't leak
+	the cursor theme name. Closes bug #314692.
+
 2005-09-14 Ray Strode  <rstrode@redhat.com>
 
 	* gnome-settings-mouse.c: previous patch breaks the build,
diff --git a/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-font.c b/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-font.c
index ee4ee7ff7..b4c4797b4 100644
--- a/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-font.c
+++ b/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-font.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ load_xcursor_theme (GConfClient *client)
 
   gnome_settings_daemon_spawn_with_input (add, add_string->str);
 
+  g_free (cursor_theme);
   g_string_free (add_string, TRUE);
 }