diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index eeac1187c..0c840bd64 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-02-08  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Source/NSXMLParser.m: Fix retain/release problem.
+
 2008-01-23  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
         * Source/NSHost.m: Fix minor thread safety issue ... could get
diff --git a/Source/NSXMLParser.m b/Source/NSXMLParser.m
index 7b1304add..27a76f5de 100644
--- a/Source/NSXMLParser.m
+++ b/Source/NSXMLParser.m
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ NSString* const NSXMLParserErrorDomain = @"NSXMLParserErrorDomain";
 @interface	NSXMLSAXHandler : GSSAXHandler
 {
 @public
-  id		_delegate;
-  id		_owner;
+  id		_delegate;      // Not retained
+  id		_owner;         // Not retained
   NSError	*_lastError;
   BOOL		_shouldProcessNamespaces;
   BOOL		_shouldReportNamespacePrefixes;
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ NSString* const NSXMLParserErrorDomain = @"NSXMLParserErrorDomain";
 
 - (void) _setOwner: (id)owner
 {
-  ASSIGN(_owner, owner);
+  _owner = owner;
 }
 
 @end