diff --git a/Source/WebCore/ChangeLog b/Source/WebCore/ChangeLog
index 83fa674b7dcd..090ad26ffcae 100644
--- a/Source/WebCore/ChangeLog
+++ b/Source/WebCore/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2017-12-03  Carlos Garcia Campos  <cgarcia@igalia.com>
+
+        [GStreamer] GstPad leaked in WebKitTextCombiner
+        https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=180314
+
+        Reviewed by Michael Catanzaro.
+
+        gst_element_get_static_pad() returns a full reference that si never freed, because gst_ghost_pad_new doesn't
+        take the ownership of the given pad.
+
+        * platform/graphics/gstreamer/TextCombinerGStreamer.cpp:
+        (webkit_text_combiner_init):
+
 2017-12-03  Carlos Garcia Campos  <cgarcia@igalia.com>
 
         [GStreamer] GstCaps leaked in MediaPlayerPrivateGStreamer::createGSTPlayBin
diff --git a/Source/WebCore/platform/graphics/gstreamer/TextCombinerGStreamer.cpp b/Source/WebCore/platform/graphics/gstreamer/TextCombinerGStreamer.cpp
index 02de1e8bd7a7..4d33329d131f 100644
--- a/Source/WebCore/platform/graphics/gstreamer/TextCombinerGStreamer.cpp
+++ b/Source/WebCore/platform/graphics/gstreamer/TextCombinerGStreamer.cpp
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@
  */
 
 #include "config.h"
+#include "TextCombinerGStreamer.h"
+
 #if ENABLE(VIDEO) && USE(GSTREAMER) && ENABLE(VIDEO_TRACK)
 
-#include "TextCombinerGStreamer.h"
+#include "GRefPtrGStreamer.h"
 
 static GstStaticPadTemplate sinkTemplate =
     GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE("sink_%u", GST_PAD_SINK, GST_PAD_REQUEST,
@@ -83,10 +85,10 @@ static void webkit_text_combiner_init(WebKitTextCombiner* combiner)
     UNUSED_PARAM(ret);
     ASSERT(ret);
 
-    GstPad* pad = gst_element_get_static_pad(combiner->funnel, "src");
+    GRefPtr<GstPad> pad = adoptGRef(gst_element_get_static_pad(combiner->funnel, "src"));
     ASSERT(pad);
 
-    ret = gst_element_add_pad(GST_ELEMENT(combiner), gst_ghost_pad_new("src", pad));
+    ret = gst_element_add_pad(GST_ELEMENT(combiner), gst_ghost_pad_new("src", pad.get()));
     ASSERT(ret);
 }