diff --git a/SOPE/NGCards/ChangeLog b/SOPE/NGCards/ChangeLog
index 84f2daac1..836d325a8 100644
--- a/SOPE/NGCards/ChangeLog
+++ b/SOPE/NGCards/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-01-11  Wolfgang Sourdeau  <wsourdeau@inverse.ca>
+
+	* NSString+NGCards.m (-asCardAttributeValues): fixed a leak by
+	freeing "characters" at the end of the method.
+
 2012-01-09  Wolfgang Sourdeau  <wsourdeau@inverse.ca>
 
 	* NSString+NGCards.m (-vCardSubvalues): fixed allocation of
diff --git a/SOPE/NGCards/NSString+NGCards.m b/SOPE/NGCards/NSString+NGCards.m
index 1c1e1fe66..49c0a5798 100644
--- a/SOPE/NGCards/NSString+NGCards.m
+++ b/SOPE/NGCards/NSString+NGCards.m
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@
   [values addObject: newString];
   [newString release];
 
+  NSZoneFree (NULL, characters);
+
   return values;
 }