diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 155caefad..3db28e5af 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-09-04  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/nm-activation-request.c
+		- (nm_act_request_unref): actually free the structure,
+			which we didn't seem to be doing before
+
 2005-09-04  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
 
 	Patch from John Palmieri <johnp@redhat.com>
diff --git a/src/nm-activation-request.c b/src/nm-activation-request.c
index 8f59a774d..b57c14c1f 100644
--- a/src/nm-activation-request.c
+++ b/src/nm-activation-request.c
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ void nm_act_request_unref (NMActRequest *req)
 {
 	g_return_if_fail (req != NULL);
 
-	if (req->refcount == 1)
+	req->refcount--;
+	if (req->refcount <= 0)
 	{
 		nm_device_unref (req->dev);
 		if (req->ap)
@@ -100,9 +101,8 @@ void nm_act_request_unref (NMActRequest *req)
 		}
 
 		memset (req, 0, sizeof (NMActRequest));
+		g_free (req);
 	}
-	else
-		req->refcount--;
 }
 
 NMDevice * nm_act_request_get_dev (NMActRequest *req)