diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5c4060fac3..76b9631e11 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-09-25  Michael Natterer  <mitch@imendio.com>
+
+	* gtk/gtkfilechooserdefault.c (gtk_file_chooser_default_finalize):
+	don't unref the file system backend, the newly added
+	unset_file_system_backend() already does this (bug #553135).
+
 2008-09-24  Michael Natterer  <mitch@imendio.com>
 
 	* gtk/gtkeventbox.c: events return gboolean not gint, reindented
diff --git a/gtk/gtkfilechooserdefault.c b/gtk/gtkfilechooserdefault.c
index 34e9949915..ec88425749 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkfilechooserdefault.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkfilechooserdefault.c
@@ -934,8 +934,6 @@ gtk_file_chooser_default_finalize (GObject *object)
 
   shortcuts_free (impl);
 
-  g_object_unref (impl->file_system);
-
   g_free (impl->browse_files_last_selected_name);
 
   for (l = impl->filters; l; l = l->next)