diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 97a208f723..f3b1cb2a9e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2006-11-27  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
+
+	Patch from Christian Persch <chpe@gnome.org>
+
+	* gnome/applet/applet-dbus-devices.c
+		- (hal_info_product_cb): fix memleak; free duped string.
+			Gnome.org #379908
+
 2006-11-27  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
 
 	Patch from Christian Persch <chpe@gnome.org>
diff --git a/gnome/applet/applet-dbus-devices.c b/gnome/applet/applet-dbus-devices.c
index 5d201afb4c..f1b1b8fd19 100644
--- a/gnome/applet/applet-dbus-devices.c
+++ b/gnome/applet/applet-dbus-devices.c
@@ -322,9 +322,11 @@ static void hal_info_product_cb (DBusPendingCall *pcall, void *user_data)
 
 	if (dbus_message_get_args (reply, NULL, DBUS_TYPE_STRING, &info_product, DBUS_TYPE_INVALID))
 	{
-		char *desc = g_strdup_printf ("%s %s", cb_data->vendor, info_product);
+		char *desc;
 
-		network_device_set_desc (cb_data->dev, desc);
+ 		desc = g_strdup_printf ("%s %s", cb_data->vendor, info_product);
+ 		network_device_set_desc (cb_data->dev, desc);
+		g_free (desc);
 	}
 	dbus_message_unref (reply);