diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d95cf21f36..2b7f0a1d3c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-06-15  Mathias Hasselmann  <mathias.hasselmann@gmx.de>
+
+	* gtk/gtkwidget.c: Forgot to free the unescaped tooltip text.
+
 2007-06-15  Mathias Hasselmann  <mathias.hasselmann@gmx.de>
 
 	* gtk/gtkwidget.c: Improving handling of tooltip-text property.
diff --git a/gtk/gtkwidget.c b/gtk/gtkwidget.c
index 577b1dbc02..166fe6b20f 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkwidget.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkwidget.c
@@ -2144,12 +2144,13 @@ gtk_widget_get_property (GObject         *object,
     case PROP_TOOLTIP_TEXT:
       {
         gchar *escaped = g_object_get_qdata (object, quark_tooltip_markup);
-	gchar *text = NULL;
+        gchar *text = NULL;
 
         if (escaped && !pango_parse_markup (escaped, -1, 0, NULL, &text, NULL, NULL))
           g_assert (NULL == text); /* text should still be NULL in case of markup errors */
 
-	g_value_set_string (value, text);
+        g_value_set_string (value, text);
+        g_free (text);
       }
       break;
     case PROP_TOOLTIP_MARKUP: