diff --git a/libbackground/ChangeLog b/libbackground/ChangeLog
index b55b71e6d..f09bfca37 100644
--- a/libbackground/ChangeLog
+++ b/libbackground/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-04-07  Pasupathi Duraisamy <pasupathi.duraisamy@wipro.com>
+
+	* applier.c (set_root_pixmap): Fixes bogus GC creation.
+	patch from Anders Carlsson <andersca@gnu.org>
+ 
 2003-02-16  Kjartan Maraas  <kmaraas@gnome.org>
 
 	* applier.c: Fix a typo in a comment.
diff --git a/libbackground/applier.c b/libbackground/applier.c
index 7cceddff5..5aa2efa0f 100644
--- a/libbackground/applier.c
+++ b/libbackground/applier.c
@@ -1491,7 +1491,7 @@ set_root_pixmap (GdkPixmap *pixmap, GdkScreen *screen)
 	screen_num = DefaultScreen (GDK_DISPLAY ());
 #endif
 
-	if (pixmap != NULL && pixmap != (GdkPixmap *) -1)
+	if (pixmap != NULL)
 		pixmap_id = GDK_WINDOW_XWINDOW (pixmap);
 	else
 		pixmap_id = 0;
@@ -1516,16 +1516,16 @@ set_root_pixmap (GdkPixmap *pixmap, GdkScreen *screen)
 
 			old_pixmap = *((Pixmap *) data_esetroot);
 
-			if (pixmap != (GdkPixmap *) -1 && old_pixmap != pixmap_id)
+			if (pixmap != NULL && old_pixmap != pixmap_id)
 				XKillClient (display, old_pixmap);
-			else if (pixmap == (GdkPixmap *) -1)
+			else if (pixmap == NULL)
 				pixmap_id = old_pixmap;
 		}
 
 		XFree (data_esetroot);
 	}
 
-	if (pixmap != NULL && pixmap != (GdkPixmap *) -1) {
+	if (pixmap != NULL) {
 		XChangeProperty (display, RootWindow (display, screen_num),
 				 XInternAtom (display, "ESETROOT_PMAP_ID", FALSE),
 				 XA_PIXMAP, 32, PropModeReplace,