diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 68f07ce8..1a645c4e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ August 10, 2011
 * [mickael] fixed glibc error with broken2 and broken4 images.
 * [mickael] fixed segfault with 123.j2c and bug.j2c images (thanks to Tim Mattox for his improvement).
 ! [mickael] moved the definition of OPJ_ARG_NOT_USED from opj_includes.h to openjpeg.h
+* [mickael] fixed error with the return value of fgets into convert.c file
 
 August 9, 2011
 - [antonin] removed xcode project files (cmake and autotools are now the only supported build methods)
diff --git a/applications/codec/convert.c b/applications/codec/convert.c
index 7b255092..18fa03ff 100644
--- a/applications/codec/convert.c
+++ b/applications/codec/convert.c
@@ -1415,7 +1415,6 @@ static void read_pnm_header(FILE *reader, struct pnm_header *ph)
     	free(return_value_fgets);
     	return;
     }
-    free(return_value_fgets);
 
     if(line[0] != 'P')
    {