diff --git a/clamav-devel/ChangeLog b/clamav-devel/ChangeLog
index 6a6781d38..605311604 100644
--- a/clamav-devel/ChangeLog
+++ b/clamav-devel/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Wed Apr  6 16:11:50 CEST 2005 (tk)
+----------------------------------
+  * libclamav/readdb.c: initialise refcount in cli_loadmd()
+
 Tue Apr  5 14:27:32 BST 2005 (trog)
 -----------------------------------
   * libclamav/vba_extract.c: fix possible crash
diff --git a/clamav-devel/libclamav/readdb.c b/clamav-devel/libclamav/readdb.c
index fc6d47b12..c9c695002 100644
--- a/clamav-devel/libclamav/readdb.c
+++ b/clamav-devel/libclamav/readdb.c
@@ -725,6 +725,7 @@ static int cli_loadmd(FILE *fd, struct cl_node **root, unsigned int *signo, int
 	*root = (struct cl_node *) cli_calloc(1, sizeof(struct cl_node));
 	if(!*root)
 	    return CL_EMEM;
+	(*root)->refcount = 1;
     }
 
     while(fgets(buffer, FILEBUFF, fd)) {