diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 66c6ceb41..fb47f5598 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Version 0.4.0 (under dev!)
 * script: fix scroll with mouse when window with script buffer is not the
   current window (do not force a switch to script buffer in current window)
 * script: fix compilation on OS X
+* xfer: fix memory leak when refreshing xfer buffer
 * xfer: add missing tags in DCC chat messages: nick_xxx, prefix_nick_ccc, logN
 * xfer: display remote IP address for DCC chat/file (task #12289)
 * xfer: limit bytes received to file size (for DCC file received), fix crash
diff --git a/src/plugins/xfer/xfer-buffer.c b/src/plugins/xfer/xfer-buffer.c
index 0b9ca869f..813ecc71e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/xfer/xfer-buffer.c
+++ b/src/plugins/xfer/xfer-buffer.c
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ xfer_buffer_refresh (const char *hotlist)
                                   (str_total) ? str_total : "?",
                                   eta,
                                   str_bytes_per_sec);
+                if (progress_bar)
+                    free (progress_bar);
                 if (str_pos)
                     free (str_pos);
                 if (str_total)