diff --git a/capplets/common/ChangeLog b/capplets/common/ChangeLog
index 625f42686..adc83cb1d 100644
--- a/capplets/common/ChangeLog
+++ b/capplets/common/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-05-22  Sebastien Bacher  <seb128@debian.org>
+
+	* theme-thumbnail.c: (create_image): fix the theme preview crasher with
+	xorg/composite, patch from Colin Gibbs <colin@gibbsonline.net>
+	(Closes: #152490).
+
 2005-02-08  Sebastien Bacher  <seb128@debian.org>
 
 	* gnome-theme-info.c: (update_common_theme_dir_index):
diff --git a/capplets/common/theme-thumbnail.c b/capplets/common/theme-thumbnail.c
index 2820505f6..aa94b9671 100644
--- a/capplets/common/theme-thumbnail.c
+++ b/capplets/common/theme-thumbnail.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ create_image (ThemeThumbnailData *theme_thumbnail_data,
 
   /* Create a pixmap */
   visual = gtk_widget_get_visual (window);
-  pixmap = gdk_pixmap_new (NULL, ICON_SIZE_WIDTH, ICON_SIZE_HEIGHT, gdk_visual_get_best_depth());
+  pixmap = gdk_pixmap_new (NULL, ICON_SIZE_WIDTH, ICON_SIZE_HEIGHT, visual->depth);
   gdk_drawable_set_colormap (GDK_DRAWABLE (pixmap), gtk_widget_get_colormap (window));
 
   /* Draw the window */