diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 4e205ef1..bf368b29 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ Stefan Huelswitt <huels@iname.com>
  for implementing setting the "broken link" flag for GOPs at the beginning of a new
  video sequence, which avoids artefacts when cutting
  for suggesting to add VDRVERSNUM to config.h
+ for fixing a memory leak in cNonBlockingFileReader
 
 Ulrich Röder <roeder@efr-net.de>
  for pointing out that there are channels that have a symbol rate higher than
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 1fbec820..03911f8e 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -2177,3 +2177,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 
 - Modified handling of audio packets in cDvbPlayer for better sync with external
   AC3 replay (thanks to Werner Fink).
+- Fixed a memory leak in cNonBlockingFileReader (thanks to Stefan Huelswitt).
diff --git a/dvbplayer.c b/dvbplayer.c
index 7224a8ab..6b7fe076 100644
--- a/dvbplayer.c
+++ b/dvbplayer.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: dvbplayer.c 1.21 2003/05/19 15:23:19 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: dvbplayer.c 1.22 2003/05/24 09:04:26 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "dvbplayer.h"
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ void cNonBlockingFileReader::Clear(void)
 {
   cMutexLock MutexLock(&mutex);
   f = -1;
+  free(buffer);
   buffer = NULL;
   wanted = length = 0;
   hasData = false;