diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5670419823..1fb9cfcabd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-05-04  Mukund Sivaraman  <muks@mukund.org>
+
+	* plug-ins/common/fractaltrace.c: reduced the number of progress
+	updates.
+
 2007-05-04  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	* plug-ins/common/dog.c: reduced the number of progress updates.
diff --git a/plug-ins/common/fractaltrace.c b/plug-ins/common/fractaltrace.c
index e6b901c890..86c6bd22f8 100644
--- a/plug-ins/common/fractaltrace.c
+++ b/plug-ins/common/fractaltrace.c
@@ -502,9 +502,12 @@ filter (GimpDrawable *drawable)
             }
           pixels_set (x, y, &pixel);
         }
-      gimp_progress_update ((gdouble) (y-selection.y1) / selection.height);
+      if ((y % (selection.height / 100)) == 0)
+        gimp_progress_update ((gdouble) (y-selection.y1) / selection.height);
     }
 
+  gimp_progress_update (1.0);
+
   pixels_store ();
 
   gimp_drawable_flush (drawable);