diff -ur galeon-1.2.5/src/window_callbacks.c galeon-1.2.5-ice/src/window_callbacks.c
--- galeon-1.2.5/src/window_callbacks.c	Thu May 23 18:06:20 2002
+++ galeon-1.2.5-ice/src/window_callbacks.c	Fri Jun 28 16:04:36 2002
@@ -2085,8 +2085,9 @@
 	window_update_tab_controls (window);
 
 	/* update the statusbar */
-	window_statusbar_set_security_icon (window, embed->secure,
-					    embed->security_tooltip);
+    if (!(old_embed && embed->secure == old_embed->secure))
+        window_statusbar_set_security_icon (window, embed->secure,
+					        embed->security_tooltip);
 	window_statusbar_update_message (window);
 	window_statusbar_update_progress_bar (window);
