diff --git a/legacy/evas/ChangeLog b/legacy/evas/ChangeLog
index c2cb50943a..05524a39de 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/ChangeLog
+++ b/legacy/evas/ChangeLog
@@ -667,3 +667,7 @@
 	For example, this can be used to nicely change the font and size
 	in a text editor.
 
+2012-02-01  Cedric Bail
+
+	* Fix crash in Evas engine due to a direct free of an RGBA_Image
+	instead of properly droping it.
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_image_main.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_image_main.c
index d2f8c0bc30..7ee5d2ea97 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_image_main.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_image_main.c
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ _evas_common_rgba_image_delete(Image_Entry *ie)
              }
           }
      }
-   free(im);
+
+   evas_cache_image_drop(&(im->cache_entry));
 }
 
 EAPI void