diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4ee5a22dd5..8646a62df0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Tue Jan  8 11:12:00 EST 2008 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/util.c: Fix addr passed to free() in error cleanup
+
 Mon Jan  7 10:19:00 EST 2008 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/util.c, src/util.h: virFileReadAll() now allocates its
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 0fa361177d..01fc6e93f4 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ int virFileReadAll(const char *path,
     }
 
     if ((ret = fread(*buf, st.st_size, 1, fh)) != 1) {
-        free(buf);
+        free(*buf);
         *buf = NULL;
         virLog("Failed to read config file '%s': %s",
                path, strerror(errno));