diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 283c87cd3..996bc48a2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 	* Source/NSURLHandle.m: ([-availableResourceData]) remove condition
 	that returns nil while resource is loading.  Fix typo in method
-	description.
+	description.  Return copy a of internal variable rather than the
+	actuyal mutable data object.
 
 2004-01-12  Adam Fedor  <fedor@gnu.org>
 
diff --git a/Source/NSURLHandle.m b/Source/NSURLHandle.m
index d282b696b..4afd8c9d3 100644
--- a/Source/NSURLHandle.m
+++ b/Source/NSURLHandle.m
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static Class		NSURLHandleClass = 0;
  */
 - (NSData*) availableResourceData
 {
-  return _data;
+  return AUTORELEASE([_data copy]);
 }
 
 /**