diff --git a/sm/ChangeLog b/sm/ChangeLog
index a3c818a72..94d81d444 100644
--- a/sm/ChangeLog
+++ b/sm/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-12-18  Marcus Brinkmann  <marcus@g10code.de>
+
+	* fingerprint.c (gpgsm_get_fingerprint): Close MD.
+
 2006-11-24  Werner Koch  <wk@g10code.com>
 
 	* certdump.c (parse_dn_part): Take '#' as a special character only
diff --git a/sm/fingerprint.c b/sm/fingerprint.c
index d6a3900f0..b726af36a 100644
--- a/sm/fingerprint.c
+++ b/sm/fingerprint.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ gpgsm_get_fingerprint (ksba_cert_t cert, int algo,
     }
   gcry_md_final (md);
   memcpy (array, gcry_md_read(md, algo), len );
+  gcry_md_close (md);
   return array;
 }