diff --git a/common/memory.c b/common/memory.c
index 9e81d8c7..2ddb03b4 100644
--- a/common/memory.c
+++ b/common/memory.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 #ifndef lint
 static char copyright[] =
-"$Id: memory.c,v 1.26 1997/03/06 18:27:20 mellon Exp $ Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 The Internet Software Consortium.  All rights reserved.\n";
+"$Id: memory.c,v 1.27 1997/03/06 19:28:18 mellon Exp $ Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 The Internet Software Consortium.  All rights reserved.\n";
 #endif /* not lint */
 
 #include "dhcpd.h"
@@ -635,7 +635,8 @@ void abandon_lease (lease, message)
 
 	lt = *lease;
 	lt.ends = 0xFFFFFFFF;
-	warn ("Abandoning IP address %s: %s\n",
+	lt.flags |= ABANDONED_LEASE;
+	warn ("Abandoning IP address %s: %s",
 	      piaddr (lease -> ip_addr), message);
 	lt.hardware_addr.htype = -1;
 	lt.hardware_addr.hlen = 0;