diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index d1edee92a..41264dfa3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ D1X-Rebirth Changelog
 20101204
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 main/bmread.c, main/piggy.c: When setting a bogus sound in gamedata_read_tbl, don't let piggy_close free it. Fixes freeing of non-malloc'd pointer for PC shareware data
+main/gamecntl.c: When calling do_game_pause do not allocate msg in Game mod GM_MULTI as it's not used nor freed
 
 20101203
 --------
diff --git a/main/gamecntl.c b/main/gamecntl.c
index 45e07b1a3..24fae0271 100644
--- a/main/gamecntl.c
+++ b/main/gamecntl.c
@@ -280,10 +280,6 @@ int do_game_pause()
 	char *msg;
 	char total_time[9],level_time[9];
 
-	MALLOC(msg, char, 1024);
-	if (!msg)
-		return 0;
-
 #ifdef NETWORK
 	if (Game_mode & GM_MULTI)
 	{
@@ -292,6 +288,10 @@ int do_game_pause()
 	}
 #endif
 
+	MALLOC(msg, char, 1024);
+	if (!msg)
+		return 0;
+
 	songs_pause();
 
 	format_time(total_time, f2i(Players[Player_num].time_total) + Players[Player_num].hours_total*3600);