diff -up eog-2.23.6/src/main.c.lockup eog-2.23.6/src/main.c
--- eog-2.23.6/src/main.c.lockup	2008-08-12 00:55:08.000000000 -0400
+++ eog-2.23.6/src/main.c	2008-08-12 00:55:24.000000000 -0400
@@ -215,6 +215,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 	eog_thumbnail_init ();
 	eog_plugin_engine_init ();
 
+	gdk_threads_enter ();
+
 	/* Add application specific icons to search path */
 	gtk_icon_theme_append_search_path (gtk_icon_theme_get_default (),
                                            EOG_DATA_DIR G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "icons");
@@ -224,8 +226,6 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
 	load_files ();
 
-	gdk_threads_enter ();
-
 	gtk_main ();
 
 	gdk_threads_leave ();
