diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 31df8ed340..4e2e81d324 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 1999-01-28  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>
 
+	* locale/loadlocale.c (_nl_unload_locale): Free locale name.
+
 	* intl/finddomain.c (free_mem): Also free filename.
 	* locale/findlocale.c (free_mem): Likewise.
 	(_nl_find_locale): Duplicate loc_name with strdupa not strdup.
diff --git a/locale/loadlocale.c b/locale/loadlocale.c
index 8649abb241..c762b77ed1 100644
--- a/locale/loadlocale.c
+++ b/locale/loadlocale.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* Functions to read locale data files.
-   Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-   Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, 1996.
+   Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gnu.org>, 1996.
 
    The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
@@ -242,6 +242,9 @@ _nl_load_locale (struct loaded_l10nfile *file, int category)
 void
 _nl_unload_locale (struct locale_data *locale)
 {
+  if (locale->name != NULL)
+    free ((void *) locale->name);
+
 #ifdef _POSIX_MAPPED_FILES
   if (locale->mmaped)
     __munmap ((caddr_t) locale->filedata, locale->filesize);