diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 6674b70..507710b 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -196,3 +196,4 @@ Lubo
 Ville Skyttä
   for updating the outdated COPYING file and FSF address
   for restricting VTP command RENR to liemikuutio patch < 1.32
+  for fixing memory and filedescriptor leaks in libdvbmpeg
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 481abea..b09502d 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 VDR Plugin 'streamdev' Revision History
 ---------------------------------------
  
+- fixed memory leak in libdvbmpeg read_pes (thanks to Ville Skyttä)
 - dropped several unused functions in libdvbmpeg
 - restricted VTP command RENR to liemikuutio patch < 1.32. Build fails with
   newer versions of this patch (thanks to Ville Skyttä)
diff --git a/libdvbmpeg/ctools.c b/libdvbmpeg/ctools.c
index 113c973..185ba45 100644
--- a/libdvbmpeg/ctools.c
+++ b/libdvbmpeg/ctools.c
@@ -596,7 +596,10 @@ int read_pes(int f, pes_packet *p){
 	
 	if (p->length >0){
 		buf = (uint8_t *) malloc(p->length);
-		if((neof = save_read(f,buf,p->length))< p->length) return -1;
+		if((neof = save_read(f,buf,p->length))< p->length){
+			free(buf);
+			return -1;
+		}
 		cread_pes((char *)buf,p);
 		free(buf);
 	} else return 0;