diff --git a/capplets/background/ChangeLog b/capplets/background/ChangeLog
index ab60ff8d2..19385e51b 100644
--- a/capplets/background/ChangeLog
+++ b/capplets/background/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2004-02-24  Rodney Dawes  <dobey@ximian.com>
+
+	* gnome-wp-xml.c (gnome_wp_oad_legacy): Check that the file exists,
+	and continue through the loop if it doesn't (#135251)
+
+	Fixes #135251
+
 2004-02-24  Rodney Dawes  <dobey@ximian.com>
 
 	* gnome-wp-item.c (gnome_wp_item_get_thumbnail): Add some explanatory
diff --git a/capplets/background/gnome-wp-xml.c b/capplets/background/gnome-wp-xml.c
index 5e46ff2dc..70ad1f840 100644
--- a/capplets/background/gnome-wp-xml.c
+++ b/capplets/background/gnome-wp-xml.c
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ static void gnome_wp_load_legacy (GnomeWPCapplet * capplet) {
 	  continue;
 	}
 
+	if (!g_file_test (foo, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS)) {
+	  continue;
+	}
+
 	item = g_new0 (GnomeWPItem, 1);
 
 	item->filename = g_strdup (foo);