diff --git a/modules/other/gail/ChangeLog b/modules/other/gail/ChangeLog
index 993b9f0608..3f2fca11a0 100644
--- a/modules/other/gail/ChangeLog
+++ b/modules/other/gail/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-05-24  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+	Bug 504706 – wrong deallocator used for GError in gailtextview.c
+
+	* gailtextview.c: Don't use g_free on a GError.
+
 2008-04-02  Li Yuan  <li.yuan@.sun.com>
 
 	* gailbutton.c: (idle_do_action):
diff --git a/modules/other/gail/gailtextview.c b/modules/other/gail/gailtextview.c
index 726aac16c0..ea86ea7a73 100644
--- a/modules/other/gail/gailtextview.c
+++ b/modules/other/gail/gailtextview.c
@@ -1736,7 +1736,7 @@ static GIOChannel*       gail_streamable_content_get_stream       (AtkStreamable
 	    else g_message (err->message);
 	    if (err) {
 		g_message ("<error writing to stream [%s]>", tname);
-		g_free (err);
+		g_error_free (err);
 	    }
 	    /* make sure the file is removed on unref of the giochannel */
 	    else {