Index: wp-includes/default-widgets.php
===================================================================
--- wp-includes/default-widgets.php	(revision 12207)
+++ wp-includes/default-widgets.php	(working copy)
@@ -772,8 +772,6 @@
 	if ( is_wp_error($rss) ) {
 		if ( is_admin() || current_user_can('manage_options') )
 			echo '<p>' . sprintf( __('<strong>RSS Error</strong>: %s'), $rss->get_error_message() ) . '</p>';
-		$rss->__destruct(); 
-		unset($rss);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -953,9 +951,10 @@
 			$link = esc_url(strip_tags($rss->get_permalink()));
 			while ( stristr($link, 'http') != $link )
 				$link = substr($link, 1);
+
+			$rss->__destruct();
+			unset($rss);
 		}
-		$rss->__destruct(); 
-		unset($rss);
 	}
 
 	return compact( 'title', 'url', 'link', 'items', 'error', 'show_summary', 'show_author', 'show_date' );
Index: wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php	(revision 12207)
+++ wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php	(working copy)
@@ -624,8 +624,6 @@
 			printf(__('<strong>RSS Error</strong>: %s'), $rss->get_error_message());
 			echo '</p>';
 		}
-		$rss->__destruct(); 
-		unset($rss);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -742,8 +740,6 @@
 			printf(__('<strong>RSS Error</strong>: %s'), $rss->get_error_message());
 			echo '</p></div>';
 		}
-		$rss->__destruct(); 
-		unset($rss);
 	} elseif ( !$rss->get_item_quantity() ) {
 		$rss->__destruct(); 
 		unset($rss);
@@ -932,12 +928,13 @@
 		// title is optional.  If black, fill it if possible
 		if ( !$widget_options[$widget_id]['title'] && isset($_POST['widget-rss'][$number]['title']) ) {
 			$rss = fetch_feed($widget_options[$widget_id]['url']);
-			if ( ! is_wp_error($rss) )
-				$widget_options[$widget_id]['title'] = htmlentities(strip_tags($rss->get_title()));
-			else
+			if ( is_wp_error($rss) ) {
 				$widget_options[$widget_id]['title'] = htmlentities(__('Unknown Feed'));
-			$rss->__destruct(); 
-			unset($rss);
+			} else {
+				$widget_options[$widget_id]['title'] = htmlentities(strip_tags($rss->get_title()));	
+				$rss->__destruct();
+				unset($rss);				
+			}
 		}
 		update_option( 'dashboard_widget_options', $widget_options );
 	}