diff --git a/capplets/background/ChangeLog b/capplets/background/ChangeLog
index 179d8bc28..cec9d0155 100644
--- a/capplets/background/ChangeLog
+++ b/capplets/background/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2004-07-15  Rodney Dawes  <dobey@novell.com>
+
+	* gnome-wp-item.c (gnome_wp_item_new):
+	Check that item->fileinfo is not NULL, before trying to use a
+	string variable inside the struct for a strncmp
+
+	Fixes #147373
+
 2004-06-28  Rodney Dawes  <dobey@novell.com>
 
 	* *.[ch]: Update copyright info to have correct years (2003-2004)
diff --git a/capplets/background/gnome-wp-item.c b/capplets/background/gnome-wp-item.c
index caf91a5e6..453947e99 100644
--- a/capplets/background/gnome-wp-item.c
+++ b/capplets/background/gnome-wp-item.c
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ GnomeWPItem * gnome_wp_item_new (const gchar * filename,
   item->pcolor = gdk_color_copy (&color1);
   item->scolor = gdk_color_copy (&color2);
 
-  if (!strncmp (item->fileinfo->mime_type, "image/", strlen ("image/"))) {
+  if (item->fileinfo != NULL &&
+      !strncmp (item->fileinfo->mime_type, "image/", strlen ("image/"))) {
     if (item->name == NULL) {
       item->name = g_strdup (item->fileinfo->name);
     }