diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-gdb-rhbz1007614-memleak-infpy_read_memory.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-gdb-rhbz1007614-memleak-infpy_read_memory.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-gdb-rhbz1007614-memleak-infpy_read_memory.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+static struct x
+  {
+    char unsigned u[4096];
+  } x, *px = &x;
+
+int
+main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-gdb-rhbz1007614-memleak-infpy_read_memory.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-gdb-rhbz1007614-memleak-infpy_read_memory.exp
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-gdb-rhbz1007614-memleak-infpy_read_memory.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# Copyright 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+set testfile py-gdb-rhbz1007614-memleak-infpy_read_memory
+set srcfile ${testfile}.c
+set binfile [standard_output_file ${testfile}]
+
+if { [prepare_for_testing ${testfile}.exp ${testfile} ${srcfile}] } {
+    return -1
+}
+
+if { [skip_python_tests] } { continue }
+
+set pid_of_gdb [exp_pid -i [board_info host fileid]]
+
+proc memory_v_pages_get {} {
+    global pid_of_gdb
+    set fd [open "/proc/$pid_of_gdb/statm"]
+    gets $fd line
+    close $fd
+    # number of pages of virtual memory
+    scan $line "%d" drs
+    return $drs
+}
+
+if { ![runto_main] } {
+    untested $testfile.exp
+    return -1
+}
+
+set remote_python_file [remote_download host ${srcdir}/${subdir}/${testfile}.py]
+
+gdb_test "source ${remote_python_file}" ""
+
+gdb_test "hello-world" ""
+
+set kbytes_before [memory_v_pages_get]
+verbose -log "kbytes_before = $kbytes_before"
+
+gdb_test "hello-world" ""
+
+set kbytes_after [memory_v_pages_get]
+verbose -log "kbytes_after = $kbytes_after"
+
+set kbytes_diff [expr $kbytes_after - $kbytes_before]
+verbose -log "kbytes_diff = $kbytes_diff"
+
+# The value "1000" was calculated by running a few GDB sessions with this
+# testcase, and seeing how much (in average) the memory consumption
+# increased after the "hello-world" command issued above.  The average
+# was around 500 bytes, so I chose 1000 as a high estimate.
+if { $kbytes_diff > 1000 } {
+    fail "there is a memory leak on GDB (RHBZ 1007614)"
+} else {
+    pass "there is not a memory leak on GDB (RHBZ 1007614)"
+}
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-gdb-rhbz1007614-memleak-infpy_read_memory.py b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-gdb-rhbz1007614-memleak-infpy_read_memory.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-gdb-rhbz1007614-memleak-infpy_read_memory.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+class HelloWorld (gdb.Command):
+    """Greet the whole world."""
+
+    def __init__ (self):
+        super (HelloWorld, self).__init__ ("hello-world",
+                                           gdb.COMMAND_OBSCURE)
+
+    def invoke (self, arg, from_tty):
+        px = gdb.parse_and_eval("px")
+        core = gdb.inferiors()[0]
+        for i in range(256 * 1024):
+            chunk = core.read_memory(px, 4096)
+        print "Hello, World!"
+
+HelloWorld ()
