diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b4a0eed012..5859324f60 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Sat Jan 30 23:47:37 1999  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@iki.fi>
+
+	* app/menus.c (menus_init_mru): Don't g_snprintf into a NULL pointer.
+
 Wed Jan 27 21:52:43 GMT 1999  Austin Donnelly  <austin@gimp.org>
 
 	* app/scale.c: oops - should use the image resolution, not the
diff --git a/app/gui/menus.c b/app/gui/menus.c
index 0bbe3e9a1e..21a9c6401c 100644
--- a/app/gui/menus.c
+++ b/app/gui/menus.c
@@ -497,7 +497,8 @@ menus_init_mru (void)
       last_opened_entries[i].item_type = NULL;
 
       g_snprintf (path, MRU_MENU_ENTRY_SIZE, _("/File/MRU%02d"), i + 1);
-      g_snprintf (accelerator, MRU_MENU_ACCEL_SIZE, "<control>%d", i + 1);
+      if (accelerator != NULL)
+	g_snprintf (accelerator, MRU_MENU_ACCEL_SIZE, "<control>%d", i + 1);
     }
 
   gtk_item_factory_create_items_ac (toolbox_factory, last_opened_size,
diff --git a/app/menus.c b/app/menus.c
index 0bbe3e9a1e..21a9c6401c 100644
--- a/app/menus.c
+++ b/app/menus.c
@@ -497,7 +497,8 @@ menus_init_mru (void)
       last_opened_entries[i].item_type = NULL;
 
       g_snprintf (path, MRU_MENU_ENTRY_SIZE, _("/File/MRU%02d"), i + 1);
-      g_snprintf (accelerator, MRU_MENU_ACCEL_SIZE, "<control>%d", i + 1);
+      if (accelerator != NULL)
+	g_snprintf (accelerator, MRU_MENU_ACCEL_SIZE, "<control>%d", i + 1);
     }
 
   gtk_item_factory_create_items_ac (toolbox_factory, last_opened_size,
diff --git a/app/menus/menus.c b/app/menus/menus.c
index 0bbe3e9a1e..21a9c6401c 100644
--- a/app/menus/menus.c
+++ b/app/menus/menus.c
@@ -497,7 +497,8 @@ menus_init_mru (void)
       last_opened_entries[i].item_type = NULL;
 
       g_snprintf (path, MRU_MENU_ENTRY_SIZE, _("/File/MRU%02d"), i + 1);
-      g_snprintf (accelerator, MRU_MENU_ACCEL_SIZE, "<control>%d", i + 1);
+      if (accelerator != NULL)
+	g_snprintf (accelerator, MRU_MENU_ACCEL_SIZE, "<control>%d", i + 1);
     }
 
   gtk_item_factory_create_items_ac (toolbox_factory, last_opened_size,
diff --git a/app/widgets/gimpitemfactory.c b/app/widgets/gimpitemfactory.c
index 0bbe3e9a1e..21a9c6401c 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimpitemfactory.c
+++ b/app/widgets/gimpitemfactory.c
@@ -497,7 +497,8 @@ menus_init_mru (void)
       last_opened_entries[i].item_type = NULL;
 
       g_snprintf (path, MRU_MENU_ENTRY_SIZE, _("/File/MRU%02d"), i + 1);
-      g_snprintf (accelerator, MRU_MENU_ACCEL_SIZE, "<control>%d", i + 1);
+      if (accelerator != NULL)
+	g_snprintf (accelerator, MRU_MENU_ACCEL_SIZE, "<control>%d", i + 1);
     }
 
   gtk_item_factory_create_items_ac (toolbox_factory, last_opened_size,