diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 52287b459c..f710253071 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-05-10  Fernando Nasser  <fnasser@redhat.com>
+
+	* varobj.c (c_number_of_children): Fix memory leak. Delete unwanted old
+	variables, not just unregister them.
+
 2001-05-10  Fernando Nasser  <fnasser@redhat.com>
 
 	* varobj.c (c_number_of_children): Check for target type of void*,
diff --git a/gdb/varobj.c b/gdb/varobj.c
index c61c313f08..c62aecffd6 100644
--- a/gdb/varobj.c
+++ b/gdb/varobj.c
@@ -1639,7 +1639,7 @@ value_of_root (struct varobj **var_handle, int *type_changed)
 	    {
 	      tmp_var->obj_name = 
 		savestring (var->obj_name, strlen (var->obj_name));
-	      uninstall_variable (var);
+	      varobj_delete (var, NULL, 0);
 	    }
 	  else
 	    {