--- a/src/network/network_content.cpp
+++ b/src/network/network_content.cpp
@@ -132,8 +132,16 @@
 			if (StrEmpty(ci->name)) strecpy(ci->name, ici->name, lastof(ci->name));
 			if (ici->IsSelected()) ci->state = ici->state;
 
-			delete ici;
-			*iter = ci;
+			/*
+			 * As ici might be selected by the content window we cannot delete that.
+			 * However, we want to keep most of the values of ci, except the values
+			 * we (just) already preserved. As there are already allocated blobs of
+			 * memory and more may be added, we cannot simply copy ci to ici as that
+			 * might cause a leak of memory. As such we need to swap the data and
+			 * then delete the memory we allocated here.
+			 */
+			Swap(*ici, *ci);
+			delete ci;
 
 			this->OnReceiveContentInfo(ci);
 			return true;