diff --git a/gnome-settings-daemon/ChangeLog b/gnome-settings-daemon/ChangeLog
index 87e4b1094..8ce01d9f3 100644
--- a/gnome-settings-daemon/ChangeLog
+++ b/gnome-settings-daemon/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-01-30  Jens Granseuer  <jensgr@gmx.net>
+
+	* actions/acme-volume-gstreamer.c: (update_state): initialize 'vol'
+	variable to prevent crashes/assertion failures trying to set
+	ridiculously high/low volume (fixes bug #401376)
+
 2007-01-29  Kjartan Maraas  <kmaraas@gnome.org>
 
 	* gnome-settings-background.c:
diff --git a/gnome-settings-daemon/actions/acme-volume-gstreamer.c b/gnome-settings-daemon/actions/acme-volume-gstreamer.c
index 476ee35c2..e5584ab02 100644
--- a/gnome-settings-daemon/actions/acme-volume-gstreamer.c
+++ b/gnome-settings-daemon/actions/acme-volume-gstreamer.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static void
 update_state (AcmeVolumeGStreamer * self)
 {
 	gint *volumes, n;
-	gdouble vol;
+	gdouble vol = 0;
 	GstMixerTrack *track = GST_MIXER_TRACK(self->_priv->mixer_tracks->data);
 
 	/* update mixer by getting volume */