diff --git a/Classes/ChatRoomTableViewController.m b/Classes/ChatRoomTableViewController.m
index 323c6943a..e1995274b 100644
--- a/Classes/ChatRoomTableViewController.m
+++ b/Classes/ChatRoomTableViewController.m
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
 - (void)addChatEntry:(LinphoneChatMessage*)chat {
 
-    messageList = ms_list_append(messageList, chat);
+    messageList = ms_list_append(messageList, linphone_chat_message_ref(chat));
     int pos = ms_list_size(messageList) - 1;
 
     [self.tableView beginUpdates];
diff --git a/Classes/ChatRoomViewController.m b/Classes/ChatRoomViewController.m
index cdfc82e09..c51b94ca7 100644
--- a/Classes/ChatRoomViewController.m
+++ b/Classes/ChatRoomViewController.m
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ static void message_status(LinphoneChatMessage* msg,LinphoneChatMessageState sta
         [LinphoneManager setValueInMessageAppData:[internalUrl absoluteString] forKey:@"localimage" inMessage:msg];
     }
 
-    [tableController addChatEntry:linphone_chat_message_ref(msg)];
+    [tableController addChatEntry:msg];
     [tableController scrollToBottom:true];
     return TRUE;
 }