diff --git a/package/iwinfo/Makefile b/package/iwinfo/Makefile
index 55a0889604..dae7470154 100644
--- a/package/iwinfo/Makefile
+++ b/package/iwinfo/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Jo-Philipp Wich <xm@subsignal.org>
+# Copyright (C) 2010-2012 Jo-Philipp Wich <xm@subsignal.org>
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GPL 2 license.
 #
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libiwinfo
-PKG_RELEASE:=22
+PKG_RELEASE:=23
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR := $(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
 PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS := \
diff --git a/package/iwinfo/src/iwinfo_nl80211.c b/package/iwinfo/src/iwinfo_nl80211.c
index 4672b9d640..4f3390fdbb 100644
--- a/package/iwinfo/src/iwinfo_nl80211.c
+++ b/package/iwinfo/src/iwinfo_nl80211.c
@@ -559,6 +559,9 @@ void nl80211_close(void)
 {
 	if (nls)
 	{
+		if (nls->nl80211)
+			genl_family_put(nls->nl80211);
+
 		if (nls->nl_sock)
 			nl_socket_free(nls->nl_sock);