diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 963d780ec6..19cbb0e160 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-02-22  Sebastian Dröge  <slomo@circular-chaos.org>
+
+	* ext/mythtv/gstmythtvsrc.c: (gst_mythtv_src_create):
+	Don't allocate and copy the data to a new place but instead
+	put the data from gmyth (which we own) into the buffers that
+	are passed downstream.
+
 2008-02-22  Sebastian Dröge  <slomo@circular-chaos.org>
 
 	* ext/timidity/gstwildmidi.c:
diff --git a/ext/mythtv/gstmythtvsrc.c b/ext/mythtv/gstmythtvsrc.c
index 0650e077fe..a136c272e2 100644
--- a/ext/mythtv/gstmythtvsrc.c
+++ b/ext/mythtv/gstmythtvsrc.c
@@ -405,10 +405,8 @@ gst_mythtv_src_create (GstPushSrc * psrc, GstBuffer ** outbuf)
 
   *outbuf = gst_buffer_new ();
   GST_BUFFER_SIZE (*outbuf) = buffer->len;
-  GST_BUFFER_MALLOCDATA (*outbuf) = g_malloc0 (GST_BUFFER_SIZE (*outbuf));
+  GST_BUFFER_MALLOCDATA (*outbuf) = buffer->data;
   GST_BUFFER_DATA (*outbuf) = GST_BUFFER_MALLOCDATA (*outbuf);
-  g_memmove (GST_BUFFER_DATA ((*outbuf)), buffer->data,
-      GST_BUFFER_SIZE (*outbuf));
   GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (*outbuf) = src->read_offset;
   GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (*outbuf) =
       src->read_offset + GST_BUFFER_SIZE (*outbuf);
@@ -416,7 +414,7 @@ gst_mythtv_src_create (GstPushSrc * psrc, GstBuffer ** outbuf)
   src->read_offset += GST_BUFFER_SIZE (*outbuf);
   src->bytes_read += GST_BUFFER_SIZE (*outbuf);
 
-  g_byte_array_free (buffer, TRUE);
+  g_byte_array_free (buffer, FALSE);
 
   if (result == GMYTH_FILE_READ_NEXT_PROG_CHAIN) {
     GstPad *peer;