diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8c13d0d6d..dfbf47599 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-12-03  Laurent Julliard  <laurent@moldus.org>
+
+	* Source/NSNumberFormatter.m (-initWithCoder:): decoded objects
+	must be retained
+
 2001-12-03  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* Source/NSValue.m: Fix coding/decoding to use serialization code to
diff --git a/Source/NSNumberFormatter.m b/Source/NSNumberFormatter.m
index 712134c04..a6308badd 100644
--- a/Source/NSNumberFormatter.m
+++ b/Source/NSNumberFormatter.m
@@ -174,16 +174,16 @@
   [decoder decodeValueOfObjCType: @encode(unichar) at: &_thousandSeparator];
   [decoder decodeValueOfObjCType: @encode(unichar) at: &_decimalSeparator];
 
-  _roundingBehavior = [decoder decodeObject];
-  _maximum  = [decoder decodeObject];
-  _minimum  = [decoder decodeObject];
-  _attributedStringForNil = [decoder decodeObject];
-  _attributedStringForNotANumber = [decoder decodeObject];
-  _attributedStringForZero = [decoder decodeObject];
-  _negativeFormat = [decoder decodeObject];
-  _positiveFormat = [decoder decodeObject];
-  _attributesForPositiveValues = [decoder decodeObject];
-  _attributesForNegativeValues = [decoder decodeObject];
+  _roundingBehavior = RETAIN([decoder decodeObject]);
+  _maximum  = RETAIN([decoder decodeObject]);
+  _minimum  = RETAIN([decoder decodeObject]);
+  _attributedStringForNil = RETAIN([decoder decodeObject]);
+  _attributedStringForNotANumber = RETAIN([decoder decodeObject]);
+  _attributedStringForZero = RETAIN([decoder decodeObject]);
+  _negativeFormat = RETAIN([decoder decodeObject]);
+  _positiveFormat = RETAIN([decoder decodeObject]);
+  _attributesForPositiveValues = RETAIN([decoder decodeObject]);
+  _attributesForNegativeValues = RETAIN([decoder decodeObject]);
 
   return self;
 }