diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6786ef5586..f64fa85914 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Nov 19 15:34:40 2009  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* io.c (rb_io_fptr_finalize): free fptr to avoid memory leaks.
+	  fixed: #2009   [ruby-core:25173] [ruby-dev:39410]
+
 Thu Nov 19 15:27:17 2009  Marc-Andre Lafortune  <ruby-core@marc-andre.ca>
 
 	* lib/net/http.rb (transport_request): Handle timeout error by
diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index b295d102ad..1bdb5ec2c9 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -2334,10 +2334,10 @@ rb_io_fptr_finalize(fptr)
     if (fptr->path) {
 	free(fptr->path);
     }
-    if (!fptr->f && !fptr->f2) return;
-    if (fileno(fptr->f) < 3) return;
-
-    rb_io_fptr_cleanup(fptr, Qtrue);
+    if ((fptr->f && fileno(fptr->f) > 2) || fptr->f2) {
+	rb_io_fptr_cleanup(fptr, Qtrue);
+    }
+    xfree(fptr);
 }
 
 VALUE
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 500d79fae7..30d64c5d5c 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2009-11-19"
 #define RUBY_VERSION_CODE 187
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_CODE 20091119
-#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 213
+#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 214
 
 #define RUBY_VERSION_MAJOR 1
 #define RUBY_VERSION_MINOR 8