diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 41714d7325..1e5a634059 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-04-09  Anders Carlsson  <andersca@gnu.org>
+
+	* gtk/gtkfilesel.c (open_new_dir): Initialize error to NULL.
+
 2002-04-08  Manish Singh  <yosh@gimp.org>
 
 	* tests/testgtk.c: really revert testgtk.c
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
index 41714d7325..1e5a634059 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-04-09  Anders Carlsson  <andersca@gnu.org>
+
+	* gtk/gtkfilesel.c (open_new_dir): Initialize error to NULL.
+
 2002-04-08  Manish Singh  <yosh@gimp.org>
 
 	* tests/testgtk.c: really revert testgtk.c
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-2 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-2
index 41714d7325..1e5a634059 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-2
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-2
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-04-09  Anders Carlsson  <andersca@gnu.org>
+
+	* gtk/gtkfilesel.c (open_new_dir): Initialize error to NULL.
+
 2002-04-08  Manish Singh  <yosh@gimp.org>
 
 	* tests/testgtk.c: really revert testgtk.c
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-4 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-4
index 41714d7325..1e5a634059 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-4
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-4
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-04-09  Anders Carlsson  <andersca@gnu.org>
+
+	* gtk/gtkfilesel.c (open_new_dir): Initialize error to NULL.
+
 2002-04-08  Manish Singh  <yosh@gimp.org>
 
 	* tests/testgtk.c: really revert testgtk.c
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-6 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
index 41714d7325..1e5a634059 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-04-09  Anders Carlsson  <andersca@gnu.org>
+
+	* gtk/gtkfilesel.c (open_new_dir): Initialize error to NULL.
+
 2002-04-08  Manish Singh  <yosh@gimp.org>
 
 	* tests/testgtk.c: really revert testgtk.c
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-8 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
index 41714d7325..1e5a634059 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-04-09  Anders Carlsson  <andersca@gnu.org>
+
+	* gtk/gtkfilesel.c (open_new_dir): Initialize error to NULL.
+
 2002-04-08  Manish Singh  <yosh@gimp.org>
 
 	* tests/testgtk.c: really revert testgtk.c
diff --git a/gtk/gtkfilesel.c b/gtk/gtkfilesel.c
index 9b85942730..2fcfbee405 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkfilesel.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkfilesel.c
@@ -2924,7 +2924,7 @@ open_new_dir (gchar       *dir_name,
   CompletionDirSent *sent;
   GDir *directory;
   const char *dirent;
-  GError *error;
+  GError *error = NULL;
   gint entry_count = 0;
   gint n_entries = 0;
   gint i;