diff --git a/libobjc/ChangeLog b/libobjc/ChangeLog
index f900eafd570..b9913926b74 100644
--- a/libobjc/ChangeLog
+++ b/libobjc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-01-09  Andrew Ruder  <aeruder@ksu.edu>
+
+	PR libobjc/11904
+	* sarray.c (sarray_free): Free array->is_copy_of latter.
+
 2003-12-01  Zack Weinberg  <zack@codesourcery.com>
 
 	PR 11433
diff --git a/libobjc/sarray.c b/libobjc/sarray.c
index 71202cb4581..c37633ba33e 100644
--- a/libobjc/sarray.c
+++ b/libobjc/sarray.c
@@ -402,9 +402,6 @@ sarray_free (struct sarray *array) {
 #else
   old_buckets = array->buckets;
 #endif
-  
-  if ((array->is_copy_of) && ((array->is_copy_of->ref_count - 1) == 0))
-    sarray_free (array->is_copy_of);
 
   /* Free all entries that do not point to empty_bucket */
   for (counter = 0; counter <= old_max_index; counter++ ) {
@@ -462,6 +459,10 @@ sarray_free (struct sarray *array) {
 
 #endif
   
+  /* If this is a copy, go ahead and decrement/deallocate the original */
+  if (array->is_copy_of)
+    sarray_free (array->is_copy_of);
+
   /* free array */
   sarray_free_garbage (array);
 }