diff --git a/capplets/common/ChangeLog b/capplets/common/ChangeLog
index 72b892ef8..15408f1a6 100644
--- a/capplets/common/ChangeLog
+++ b/capplets/common/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-12-08  Kjartan Maraas  <kmaraas@gnome.org>
+
+	* file-transfer-dialog.c: (file_transfer_dialog_init):
+	Pass NULL to gtk_label_new() to do a bit less work.
+	Bug #376949.	
+
 2006-11-01  Thomas Wood  <thos@gnome.org>
 
 	* file-transfer-dialog.c: (file_transfer_dialog_update_num_files),
diff --git a/capplets/common/file-transfer-dialog.c b/capplets/common/file-transfer-dialog.c
index 1a8acddae..b6362857a 100644
--- a/capplets/common/file-transfer-dialog.c
+++ b/capplets/common/file-transfer-dialog.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ file_transfer_dialog_init (FileTransferDialog *dlg)
 	gtk_container_set_border_width (GTK_CONTAINER (vbox), 6);
 	gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (GTK_DIALOG (dlg)->vbox), vbox, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
 
-	dlg->priv->status = gtk_label_new ("");
+	dlg->priv->status = gtk_label_new (NULL);
 	markup = g_strdup_printf ("<big><b>%s</b></big>", _("Copying files"));
 	gtk_label_set_markup (GTK_LABEL (dlg->priv->status), markup);
 	g_free (markup);