diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2374936c..0d3e3117 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ xx/xx/2005 - 1.12.0-WIP
 	- Only include sys/ioctl.h in libntfs/device.c if ./configure detected
 	  it to be present.  (Christophe)
 	- ntfscluster: fix incorrect volume usage calculation.  (Szaka)
+	- ntfscluster, utils.c::mft_next_record(): fix gigaleak.  (Szaka)
 
 08/08/2005 - 1.11.2 - ntfsdecrypt now works and lots of fixes and improvements.
 
diff --git a/ntfsprogs/utils.c b/ntfsprogs/utils.c
index 43db5fab..fd8e3dbe 100644
--- a/ntfsprogs/utils.c
+++ b/ntfsprogs/utils.c
@@ -955,8 +955,11 @@ int mft_next_record (struct mft_search_ctx *ctx)
 						(unsigned long long)
 						ctx->mft_num, strerror (errno));
 				// free / close
+				ntfs_attr_close(mft);
 				return -1;
 			}
+			
+			ntfs_attr_close(mft);
 		}
 
 		if (ctx->flags_match & ctx->flags_search) {