diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index 8ffc60ffda..802c1e059d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
    Entries may not always be in chronological/commit order.
    See license at the end of file. */
 
+2024-10-28 16:57 UTC+0100 Aleksander Czajczynski (hb fki.pl)
+  * src/rdd/dbf1.c
+    ! reading varchar binary field ("Q:B") from a .dbf
+      could free a wrong pointer in the record buffer.
+      Bug located and fixed by Marek.
+
 2024-10-25 14:09 UTC+0200 Aleksander Czajczynski (hb fki.pl)
   * contrib/hbziparc/ziparc.prg
     ! return value of hb_zipDeleteFile() is not logical,
diff --git a/src/rdd/dbf1.c b/src/rdd/dbf1.c
index 0c2d3dd0a8..b6d4335f71 100644
--- a/src/rdd/dbf1.c
+++ b/src/rdd/dbf1.c
@@ -2193,12 +2193,14 @@ static HB_ERRCODE hb_dbfGetValue( DBFAREAP pArea, HB_USHORT uiIndex, PHB_ITEM pI
                   nLen = pField->uiLen;
             }
             if( ( pField->uiFlags & HB_FF_BINARY ) == 0 )
+            {
                pszVal = hb_cdpnDup( ( const char * ) pArea->pRecord + pArea->pFieldOffset[ uiIndex ],
                                     &nLen, pArea->area.cdPage, hb_vmCDP() );
-            else
-               pszVal = ( char * ) pArea->pRecord + pArea->pFieldOffset[ uiIndex ];
-
-            hb_itemPutCLPtr( pItem, pszVal, nLen );
+               hb_itemPutCLPtr( pItem, pszVal, nLen );
+               break;
+            }
+            pszVal = ( char * ) pArea->pRecord + pArea->pFieldOffset[ uiIndex ];
+            hb_itemPutCL( pItem, pszVal, nLen );
          }
          break;