diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 13f0d7fc6e..caa4438e27 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-01-22  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* libgimpbase/gimputils.c (gimp_enum_value_get_help): same fix here.
+
 2005-01-21  Bill Skaggs  <weskaggs@primate.ucdavis.edu>
 	
 	* app/config/gimpconfig-types.c
diff --git a/libgimpbase/gimputils.c b/libgimpbase/gimputils.c
index dcb5a6579a..e6428ed117 100644
--- a/libgimpbase/gimputils.c
+++ b/libgimpbase/gimputils.c
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ gimp_enum_value_get_help (GEnumClass *enum_class,
 
   enum_desc = gimp_enum_get_desc (enum_class, enum_value->value);
 
-  if (enum_desc->value_help)
+  if (enum_desc && enum_desc->value_help)
     return dgettext (gimp_type_get_translation_domain (type),
                      enum_desc->value_help);