diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f155d739ba..bb60d379af 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2178.	[bug]		'rndc reload' of a slave or stub zone resulted in
+			a reference leak. [RT #16867]
+
 2177.	[bug]		Array bounds overrun on read (rcodetext). [RT #16798]
 
 2176.	[contrib]	dbus update to handle race condition during
diff --git a/bin/named/server.c b/bin/named/server.c
index a0d53a2f3b..5a21d7eea9 100644
--- a/bin/named/server.c
+++ b/bin/named/server.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: server.c,v 1.339.2.15.2.73 2007/04/03 23:43:25 tbox Exp $ */
+/* $Id: server.c,v 1.339.2.15.2.74 2007/05/15 02:30:43 marka Exp $ */
 
 #include <config.h>
 
@@ -3421,6 +3421,7 @@ ns_server_reloadcommand(ns_server_t *server, char *args, isc_buffer_t *text) {
 		type = dns_zone_gettype(zone);
 		if (type == dns_zone_slave || type == dns_zone_stub) {
 			dns_zone_refresh(zone);
+			dns_zone_detach(&zone);
 			msg = "zone refresh queued";
 		} else {
 			result = dns_zone_load(zone);