diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 82cc39d9de..0617161108 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-12-02  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
+
+	* gnome/applet/applet.c
+		- (nma_update_info): fix two unecessary allocations
+
 2006-12-02  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
 
 	Patch from Michael Biebl <biebl@teco.edu>
diff --git a/gnome/applet/applet.c b/gnome/applet/applet.c
index d33f5726af..3eba90a307 100644
--- a/gnome/applet/applet.c
+++ b/gnome/applet/applet.c
@@ -201,9 +201,8 @@ static gboolean nma_update_info (NMApplet *applet)
 	info_dialog = glade_xml_get_widget (applet->info_dialog_xml, "info_dialog");
 	if (!info_dialog)
 	{
-		char *err = g_strdup (_("Could not find some required resources (the glade file)!"));
+		const char *err = _("Could not find some required resources (the glade file)!");
 		nma_show_socket_err (info_dialog, err);
-		g_free (err);
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 	
@@ -212,9 +211,8 @@ static gboolean nma_update_info (NMApplet *applet)
 
 	if (!dev || !iface)
 	{
-		char *err = g_strdup (_("No active connections!"));
+		const char *err = _("No active connections!");
 		nma_show_socket_err (info_dialog, err);
-		g_free (err);
 		return FALSE;
 	}