diff --git a/ChangeLog.adoc b/ChangeLog.adoc
index 02db35558..83406a077 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.adoc
+++ b/ChangeLog.adoc
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ New features::
 
   * api: add info "weechat_headless" (issue #1433)
 
+Bug fixes::
+
+  * irc: fix memory leak when the channel topic is changed
+
 Build::
 
   * irc: fix build with GnuTLS < 3.1.0 (issue #1431)
diff --git a/src/plugins/irc/irc-channel.c b/src/plugins/irc/irc-channel.c
index a67358cbe..07244db19 100644
--- a/src/plugins/irc/irc-channel.c
+++ b/src/plugins/irc/irc-channel.c
@@ -557,9 +557,13 @@ irc_channel_set_buffer_title (struct t_irc_channel *channel)
             channel->topic,
             (weechat_config_boolean (irc_config_look_topic_strip_colors)) ? 0 : 1);
         weechat_buffer_set (channel->buffer, "title", title_color);
+        if (title_color)
+            free (title_color);
     }
     else
+    {
         weechat_buffer_set (channel->buffer, "title", "");
+    }
 }
 
 /*