diff --git a/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog b/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
index 91db660916..19be98c56b 100644
--- a/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-03-27  Hans Breuer  <hans@breuer.org>
+
+	* io-gdip-utils.c(gdip_buffer_to_bitmap) : don't try to set the stream
+	size before stream creation - makes the gdip backend good enough to
+	serve gdk-pixbuf-csource.
+
 2009-01-19  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@iki.fi>
 
 	Bug 568305 - gdk-pixbuf mishandles BI_BITFIELDS bmps
diff --git a/gdk-pixbuf/io-gdip-utils.c b/gdk-pixbuf/io-gdip-utils.c
index 935372516b..f673ebbfa7 100644
--- a/gdk-pixbuf/io-gdip-utils.c
+++ b/gdk-pixbuf/io-gdip-utils.c
@@ -353,7 +353,6 @@ gdip_buffer_to_bitmap (const gchar *buffer, size_t size, GError **error)
   if (!hg)
     return NULL;
 
-  IStream_SetSize (stream, *(ULARGE_INTEGER *)&size64);
   hr = CreateStreamOnHGlobal (hg, FALSE, (LPSTREAM *)&stream);
 
   if (!SUCCEEDED (hr)) {
@@ -361,7 +360,7 @@ gdip_buffer_to_bitmap (const gchar *buffer, size_t size, GError **error)
     GlobalFree (hg);
     return NULL;
   }
-  
+  IStream_SetSize (stream, *(ULARGE_INTEGER *)&size64);
   status = GdipCreateBitmapFromStream (stream, &bitmap);
 
   if (Ok != status)