diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 98e799da9..8c7f4b107 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2013-09-23 Ivan Vucica <ivan@vucica.net>
+
+	* Source/NSImage.m: Missing -retain inside the method
+	-compositeToPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction caused a crash
+	inside Opal backend.
+
 2013-09-22 16:52-EDT Gregory John Casamento <greg.casamento@gmail.com>
 
 	* Headers/AppKit/NSTableView.h: Add formal protocols for
diff --git a/Source/NSImage.m b/Source/NSImage.m
index fa9926a45..9e82dbcbc 100644
--- a/Source/NSImage.m
+++ b/Source/NSImage.m
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ repd_for_rep(NSArray *_reps, NSImageRep *rep)
   // Set the CTM to the identity matrix with the current translation
   // and the user space scale factor
   {
-    NSAffineTransform *backup = [ctxt GSCurrentCTM];
+    NSAffineTransform *backup = [[ctxt GSCurrentCTM] retain];
     NSAffineTransform *newTransform = [NSAffineTransform transform];
     NSPoint translation = [backup transformPoint: aPoint];
     [newTransform translateXBy: translation.x
@@ -765,6 +765,8 @@ repd_for_rep(NSArray *_reps, NSImageRep *rep)
 	     fraction: delta];
     
     [ctxt GSSetCTM: backup];
+
+    [backup release];
   }
 }