--- gtktextview.c	2004-04-25 04:48:30.000000000 +1000
+++ gtktextview2.c	2004-04-25 04:48:16.000000000 +1000
@@ -6108,7 +6108,7 @@
   GtkTextIter drop_point;
   GtkTextView *text_view;
   gboolean success = FALSE;
-  GtkTextBuffer *buffer;
+  GtkTextBuffer *buffer=NULL;
 
   text_view = GTK_TEXT_VIEW (widget);
 
