diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 62d8937e99..6a78f6b49e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-09-01  Robert Love  <rml@novell.com>
+
+	* gnome/applet/applet.c: nmwa_update_info: iface is used uninitialized
+	  and the check "!iface" in the error case is probably never true.
+
 2005-09-01  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
 
 	Patch from Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
diff --git a/gnome/applet/applet.c b/gnome/applet/applet.c
index e2bdd201e2..788753affc 100644
--- a/gnome/applet/applet.c
+++ b/gnome/applet/applet.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ static gboolean nmwa_update_info (NMWirelessApplet *applet)
 	struct ifreq ifr;
 	int fd, flags;
 	gboolean ret_val = TRUE;
-	const char *iface;
+	const char *iface = NULL;
 	NetworkDevice *dev;
 	gboolean ret = TRUE;