diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index da79f45cef..f111545b89 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
    past entries belonging to author(s): Viktor Szakats.
 */
 
+2009-10-09 10:13 UTC+0200 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/priv.onet.pl)
+  * harbour/source/compiler/hbmain.c
+    ! fixed unnecessary hb_xfree() call when given @<name>.clp file
+      does not exist. Thanks to Jose Luis Capel for information about
+      the problem.
+
 2009-10-08 16:42 UTC+0200 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/priv.onet.pl)
   * harbour/source/rdd/dbfntx/dbfntx1.c
   * harbour/source/rdd/dbfnsx/dbfnsx1.c
diff --git a/harbour/source/compiler/hbmain.c b/harbour/source/compiler/hbmain.c
index e822b8c67d..bfd5139e98 100644
--- a/harbour/source/compiler/hbmain.c
+++ b/harbour/source/compiler/hbmain.c
@@ -4055,7 +4055,7 @@ static int hb_compCompile( HB_COMP_DECL, const char * szPrg, const char * szBuff
          pModule = pModule->pNext;
    }
 
-   if( HB_COMP_PARAM->pFileName != pFileName )
+   if( pFileName && HB_COMP_PARAM->pFileName != pFileName )
       hb_xfree( pFileName );
 
    if( !HB_COMP_PARAM->fExit && iStatus == EXIT_SUCCESS )