diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index bda00cb29..d71fba2bb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ ver 0.17.2 (2012/??/??)
   - httpd: fix throttling bug after resuming playback
 * mapper: fix non-UTF8 music directory name
 * mapper: fix potential crash in file permission check
+* playlist: fix use-after-free bug
+* playlist: fix memory leak
 
 
 ver 0.17.1 (2012/07/31)
diff --git a/src/playlist_print.c b/src/playlist_print.c
index 78f1cb294..204ce3582 100644
--- a/src/playlist_print.c
+++ b/src/playlist_print.c
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ playlist_provider_print(struct client *client, const char *uri,
 			song_print_info(client, song);
 		else
 			song_print_uri(client, song);
+
+		if (!song_in_database(song) || song_is_detached(song))
+			song_free(song);
 	}
 
 	g_free(base_uri);
diff --git a/src/playlist_song.c b/src/playlist_song.c
index 88ef1059d..29efef2e3 100644
--- a/src/playlist_song.c
+++ b/src/playlist_song.c
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ apply_song_metadata(struct song *dest, const struct song *src)
 	} else {
 		tmp = song_file_new(dest->uri, NULL);
 		merge_song_metadata(tmp, dest, src);
-		song_free(dest);
 	}
 
 	if (dest->tag != NULL && dest->tag->time > 0 &&
@@ -80,11 +79,14 @@ apply_song_metadata(struct song *dest, const struct song *src)
 		   (e.g. last track on a CUE file); fix it up here */
 		tmp->tag->time = dest->tag->time - src->start_ms / 1000;
 
+	if (!song_in_database(dest))
+		song_free(dest);
+
 	return tmp;
 }
 
 static struct song *
-playlist_check_load_song(struct song *song, const char *uri, bool secure)
+playlist_check_load_song(const struct song *song, const char *uri, bool secure)
 {
 	struct song *dest;