diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 32f4763c..5367d35f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-05-19  Federico Di Gregorio <fog@initd.org>
+
+	* psycopg/cursor_type.c: fixed memory leak in .executemany(); on
+	error "iter" was not dec'reffed.
+
 2008-05-06  James Henstridge  <james@jamesh.id.au>
 
 	* psycopg/lobject.h (lobjectObject): remove "mode" struct member,
diff --git a/psycopg/cursor_type.c b/psycopg/cursor_type.c
index a17847ea..5b0cd026 100644
--- a/psycopg/cursor_type.c
+++ b/psycopg/cursor_type.c
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ psyco_curs_executemany(cursorObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
     while ((v = PyIter_Next(vars)) != NULL) {
         if (_psyco_curs_execute(self, operation, v, 0) == 0) {
             Py_DECREF(v);
+            Py_XDECREF(iter);
             return NULL;
         }
         else {