diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index e4aba1ea69..18a378e69b 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
    2002-12-01 13:30 UTC+0100 Foo Bar <foo.bar@foobar.org>
 */
 
+2008-01-11 22:35 UTC+0100 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/priv.onet.pl)
+  * harbour/source/vm/itemapi.c
+    ! use hb_xRefFree() instead of hb_xRefDec() in hb_itemUnLockCPtr()
+      It's necessary when source item is cleared before.
+
 2008-01-11 18:13 UTC+0100 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/priv.onet.pl)
   * harbour/include/hbexprb.c
     * removed unused variable
diff --git a/harbour/source/vm/itemapi.c b/harbour/source/vm/itemapi.c
index 6bf2455521..36a1c3cdea 100644
--- a/harbour/source/vm/itemapi.c
+++ b/harbour/source/vm/itemapi.c
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ HB_EXPORT void hb_itemUnLockCPtr( char * pszString )
    HB_TRACE(HB_TR_DEBUG, ("hb_itemUnLockCPtr(%p,%p)", pszString));
 
    if( pszString )
-      hb_xRefDec( pszString );
+      hb_xRefFree( pszString );
 }
 
 HB_EXPORT ULONG hb_itemCopyC( PHB_ITEM pItem, char * szBuffer, ULONG ulLen )