diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e9df414d96..a90ce89a71 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sun May 17 23:06:38 EDT 1998  Matthew Wilson  <msw@gimp.org>
+
+	* app/app_procs.c: applied patch from Michael Sweet to correct
+	NULL deref in splash screen.
+
 Mon May 18 02:50:03 MEST 1998 Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	* plug-ins/tiff/tiff.c: updated tiff plug-in
diff --git a/app/app_procs.c b/app/app_procs.c
index 2248dbcd3b..75f6582e6e 100644
--- a/app/app_procs.c
+++ b/app/app_procs.c
@@ -315,7 +315,8 @@ destroy_initialization_status_window(void)
   if(win_initstatus)
     {
       gtk_widget_destroy(win_initstatus);
-      gdk_pixmap_unref(logo_pixmap);
+      if (logo_pixmap != NULL)
+	gdk_pixmap_unref(logo_pixmap);
       win_initstatus = label1 = label2 = pbar = logo_area = NULL;
       logo_pixmap = NULL;
       gtk_idle_remove(idle_tag);