diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3da38e8d4..68d700bac 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ver 0.15.2 (2009/??/??)
   - flac: parse all replaygain tags
   - flac: don't allocate cuesheet twice (memleak)
 * update: free empty path string (memleak)
+* update: free temporary string in container scan (memleak)
 
 
 ver 0.15.1 (2009/07/15)
diff --git a/src/update.c b/src/update.c
index 9a2a2ceb9..bdf84ce36 100644
--- a/src/update.c
+++ b/src/update.c
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ update_container_file(	struct directory* directory,
 {
 	char* vtrack = NULL;
 	unsigned int tnum = 0;
-	const char* pathname = map_directory_child_fs(directory, name);
+	char* pathname = map_directory_child_fs(directory, name);
 	struct directory* contdir = dirvec_find(&directory->children, name);
 
 	// directory exists already
@@ -446,8 +446,10 @@ update_container_file(	struct directory* directory,
 
 			modified = true;
 		}
-		else
+		else {
+			g_free(pathname);
 			return true;
+		}
 	}
 
 	contdir = make_subdir(directory, name);
@@ -473,6 +475,8 @@ update_container_file(	struct directory* directory,
 		g_free(vtrack);
 	}
 
+	g_free(pathname);
+
 	if (tnum == 1)
 	{
 		delete_directory(contdir);