diff --git a/src/intl/msgids.c b/src/intl/msgids.c
index 772fea534..706190a39 100644
--- a/src/intl/msgids.c
+++ b/src/intl/msgids.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* ASE - Allegro Sprite Editor
- * Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008  David A. Capello
+ * Copyright (C) 2001-2008  David A. Capello
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 
 static HashTable *msgids = NULL;
 
+static void free_msgid(void *msgid);
+
 int msgids_load(const char *filename)
 {
   char buf[4096], leavings[4096];
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ int msgids_load(const char *filename)
 void msgids_clear(void)
 {
   if (msgids) {
-    hash_free(msgids, jfree);
+    hash_free(msgids, free_msgid);
     msgids = NULL;
   }
 }
@@ -96,3 +98,8 @@ const char *msgids_get(const char *id)
   }
   return id;
 }
+
+static void free_msgid(void *msgid)
+{
+  jfree(msgid);
+}