diff --git a/gthread/ChangeLog b/gthread/ChangeLog
index 5d853523b..e45fe6480 100644
--- a/gthread/ChangeLog
+++ b/gthread/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-01-16  Sebastian Wilhelmi  <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>
+
+	* gthread-posix.c: Use g_free instead of free. Pointed out by Sam
+	O'Connor <sam@panviva.com>.
+
 2001-10-23  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@iki.fi>
 
 	* Makefile.am: (Win32): If we have built the MSVC import library,
diff --git a/gthread/gthread-solaris.c b/gthread/gthread-solaris.c
index 8469b7200..d30310478 100644
--- a/gthread/gthread-solaris.c
+++ b/gthread/gthread-solaris.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static void
 g_mutex_free_solaris_impl (GMutex * mutex)
 {
   solaris_check_for_error (mutex_destroy ((mutex_t *) mutex));
-  free (mutex);
+  g_free (mutex);
 }
 
 /* NOTE: the functions g_mutex_lock and g_mutex_unlock may not use