diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ab5fba061..11dd59196 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 	* gtk/TreeView.custom(GetPathAtPos): change Gtk.TreeViewColumn
 	column parameter to out[put] as gtk_tree_view_get_path_at_pos
 	returns column address to column parameter
+	(GetPathAtPos): use GLib.Object.GetObject so that we don't create
+	new TreeViewColumn object duplicates
 
 2004-05-19  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@ximian.com>
 
diff --git a/gtk/TreeView.custom b/gtk/TreeView.custom
index b8745175f..7b1487129 100644
--- a/gtk/TreeView.custom
+++ b/gtk/TreeView.custom
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 			IntPtr columnHandle;
 			bool raw_ret = gtk_tree_view_get_path_at_pos (Handle, x, y, out pathHandle, out columnHandle, out cell_x, out cell_y);
 			if (raw_ret) {
-				column = new TreeViewColumn (columnHandle);
+				column = (Gtk.TreeViewColumn) GLib.Object.GetObject (columnHandle, false);
 				path = new TreePath (pathHandle);
 			} else {
 				path = null;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 			bool raw_ret = gtk_tree_view_get_path_at_pos_intptr (Handle, x, y, out pathHandle, out columnHandle, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero);
 			if (raw_ret) {
 				path = new TreePath (pathHandle);
-				column = new TreeViewColumn (columnHandle);
+				column = (Gtk.TreeViewColumn) GLib.Object.GetObject (columnHandle, false);
 			} else {
 				path = null;
 				column = null;