diff -up dbus-1.2.16/bus/bus.c.policy-leak dbus-1.2.16/bus/bus.c
--- dbus-1.2.16/bus/bus.c.policy-leak   2009-12-17 19:18:50.966795963 -0500
+++ dbus-1.2.16/bus/bus.c       2009-12-17 19:17:36.023796405 -0500
@@ -438,6 +438,8 @@ process_config_every_time (BusContext   
   /* get our limits and timeout lengths */
   bus_config_parser_get_limits (parser, &context->limits);

+  if (context->policy)
+    bus_policy_unref (context->policy);
   context->policy = bus_config_parser_steal_policy (parser);
   _dbus_assert (context->policy != NULL);