diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 22ea4589..3ec812ce 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -3667,6 +3667,7 @@ Helmut Binder <cco@aon.at>
  for fixing flushing old data from the section handler
  for removing unused declaration of cDvbTuner::SetFrontendType()
  for fixing handling incomplete multi-packet CAT
+ for fixing a memory leak in handling the NIT
 
 Ulrich Eckhardt <uli@uli-eckhardt.de>
  for reporting a problem with shutdown after user inactivity in case a plugin is
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 827d562c..60bbb78c 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -9737,7 +9737,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - The Recordings menu now marks recordings with errors with an exclamation mark ('!'),
   and the number of errors (if any) is displayed in the recording's Info menu.
 
-2021-12-11:
+2021-12-14:
 
 - Replaced all umlauts in the example channels.conf with their ae, oe, ue substitutes
   to avoid problems on UTF-8 systems.
@@ -9745,3 +9745,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   Haubrich).
 - Fixed unlocking vs. call to EpgHandlers.EndSegmentTransfer() (reported by Christoph
   Haubrich).
+- Fixed a memory leak in handling the NIT (thanks to Helmut Binder).
diff --git a/nit.c b/nit.c
index 980a3b2d..1985fc47 100644
--- a/nit.c
+++ b/nit.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: nit.c 5.1 2021/03/16 15:10:54 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: nit.c 5.2 2021/12/14 21:15:02 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "nit.h"
@@ -100,8 +100,10 @@ void cNitFilter::Process(u_short Pid, u_char Tid, const u_char *Data, int Length
       for (SI::Loop::Iterator it2; (d = ts.transportStreamDescriptors.getNext(it2)); ) {
           if (d->getDescriptorTag() == SI::S2SatelliteDeliverySystemDescriptorTag) {
              ForceDVBS2 = true;
+             delete d;
              break;
              }
+          delete d;
           }
 
       for (SI::Loop::Iterator it2; (d = ts.transportStreamDescriptors.getNext(it2)); ) {