diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 7389d059..b4420ccd 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-2011-08-18  Giuseppe Scrivano  <gscrivano@gnu.org>
+2011-08-18  Giuseppe Scrivano  <giuseppe@southpole.se>
+
+	* http.c (gethttp): Fix a memory leak on some errors.  Free the head
+	buffer.
 
 	* Makefile.am: Use an additional file "css_.c" which in turn includes
 	"wget.h" and immediately "css.c".
 
-2011-08-18  Giuseppe Scrivano  <giuseppe@southpole.se>
-
 	* http.c (gethttp): Reset chunked_transfer_encoding on redirections.
 	Reported by: Axel Reinhold <axel@freakout.de>.
 
diff --git a/src/http.c b/src/http.c
index b7026cd8..fc88118f 100644
--- a/src/http.c
+++ b/src/http.c
@@ -1986,12 +1986,14 @@ read_header:
                                  _("Malformed status line")));
       CLOSE_INVALIDATE (sock);
       request_free (req);
+      xfree (head);
       return HERR;
     }
 
   if (H_10X (statcode))
     {
       DEBUGP (("Ignoring response\n"));
+      xfree (head);
       goto read_header;
     }