diff --git a/legacy/efreet/ChangeLog b/legacy/efreet/ChangeLog
index 9d31d4d669..46f09957f4 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/ChangeLog
+++ b/legacy/efreet/ChangeLog
@@ -126,3 +126,7 @@
 2012-06-25 Sebastian Dransfeld
 
         * Support XDG_DESKTOP_DIR and read user-dirs.dirs
+
+2012-07-02 Sebastian Dransfeld
+
+	* Fix minor memory leak in cache update handler
diff --git a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_cache.c b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_cache.c
index 1bebed8ed0..9e84fbc32c 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_cache.c
+++ b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_cache.c
@@ -1113,10 +1113,11 @@ cache_update_cb(void *data __UNUSED__, Ecore_File_Monitor *em __UNUSED__,
     if (!file) return;
     if (!strcmp(file, "desktop_data.update"))
     {
-        ev = NEW(Efreet_Event_Cache_Update, 1);
-        if (!ev) goto error;
         if (cache_check_change(path))
         {
+            ev = NEW(Efreet_Event_Cache_Update, 1);
+            if (!ev) goto error;
+
             IF_RELEASE(util_cache_names_key);
             IF_RELEASE(util_cache_hash_key);