diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ef99bdd41..870e0bf61 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-03-25  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Source/NSTimer.m: minor optimisation ... avoid unnecessary use of
+	autorelease by doing explicit release instead.
+
 2007-03-22  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* Source/NSPathUtilities.m: NSTemporaryDirectory() don't raise
diff --git a/Source/NSTimer.m b/Source/NSTimer.m
index d30382b00..222de7cbe 100644
--- a/Source/NSTimer.m
+++ b/Source/NSTimer.m
@@ -150,10 +150,14 @@ static Class	NSDate_class;
 				 invocation: (NSInvocation*)invocation
 				    repeats: (BOOL)f
 {
-  id t = [self timerWithTimeInterval: ti
-			  invocation: invocation
-			     repeats: f];
+  id t = [[self alloc] initWithFireDate: nil
+			       interval: ti
+				 target: invocation
+			       selector: NULL
+			       userInfo: nil
+				repeats: f];
   [[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] addTimer: t forMode: NSDefaultRunLoopMode];
+  RELEASE(t);
   return t;
 }
 
@@ -171,12 +175,14 @@ static Class	NSDate_class;
 				   userInfo: (id)info
 				    repeats: (BOOL)f
 {
-  id t = [self timerWithTimeInterval: ti
-			      target: object
-			    selector: selector
-			    userInfo: info
-			     repeats: f];
+  id t = [[self alloc] initWithFireDate: nil
+			       interval: ti
+				 target: object
+			       selector: selector
+			       userInfo: info
+				repeats: f];
   [[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] addTimer: t forMode: NSDefaultRunLoopMode];
+  RELEASE(t);
   return t;
 }