diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 686006f00c5c25bd6627e18ffee1d811c702e21d..293c4176832b238e0e3bf6468eacd7dc6cebfdbe 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 - Fix properties dialog crash with files with unknown content type.
 - Fix crash when opening a mountable drive with no media (bug #7308).
   Reported and solved by Ambroz Bizjak.
+- Fix crash when hovering a CD drive with a special icon (bug #7309).
+  Reported and solved by Ambroz Bizjak.
 
 1.3.0
 =====
diff --git a/thunar/thunar-file.c b/thunar/thunar-file.c
index 25b16a3d02a31b059fdd4fa0700e1a1298e0de73..506713c632acad97c33b6eb8e8a2ebef3f7a985d 100644
--- a/thunar/thunar-file.c
+++ b/thunar/thunar-file.c
@@ -2921,7 +2921,6 @@ thunar_file_get_icon_name (const ThunarFile   *file,
         {
           icon_file = g_file_icon_get_file (G_FILE_ICON (icon));
           icon_name = g_file_get_path (icon_file);
-          g_object_unref (icon_file);
         }
     }