diff --git a/Source/NSURLProtocol.m b/Source/NSURLProtocol.m
index 876cf429e..440e6d824 100644
--- a/Source/NSURLProtocol.m
+++ b/Source/NSURLProtocol.m
@@ -906,6 +906,7 @@ - (void) startLoading
 
 	  r = [[this->request mutableCopy] autorelease];
 	  [r setURL: url];
+	  AUTORELEASE(RETAIN(self));
 	  [this->client URLProtocol: self
 	     wasRedirectedToRequest: r
 		   redirectResponse: nil];