diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/dfa/diaspora_android/web/NestedWebView.java b/app/src/main/java/com/github/dfa/diaspora_android/web/NestedWebView.java
index d714d757..6716903a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/dfa/diaspora_android/web/NestedWebView.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/dfa/diaspora_android/web/NestedWebView.java
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ public class NestedWebView extends WebView implements NestedScrollingChild {
                 stopNestedScroll();
                 break;
         }
+		if (event != null) {
+			event.recycle();
+		}
         return returnValue;
     }