diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ef7c5e731b..98237a68da 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-03-08  Michael Natterer  <mitch@imendio.com>
+
+	* tests/prop-editor.c (unichar_changed): zero-initialize the
+	GValue before calling g_value_init().
+
 2006-03-08  Michael Natterer  <mitch@imendio.com>
 
 	* gtk/gtkentry.c (gtk_entry_adjust_scroll): make sure that the
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
index ef7c5e731b..98237a68da 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-03-08  Michael Natterer  <mitch@imendio.com>
+
+	* tests/prop-editor.c (unichar_changed): zero-initialize the
+	GValue before calling g_value_init().
+
 2006-03-08  Michael Natterer  <mitch@imendio.com>
 
 	* gtk/gtkentry.c (gtk_entry_adjust_scroll): make sure that the
diff --git a/tests/prop-editor.c b/tests/prop-editor.c
index 76d5a0f439..eefd00420e 100644
--- a/tests/prop-editor.c
+++ b/tests/prop-editor.c
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ unichar_changed (GObject *object, GParamSpec *pspec, gpointer data)
   GtkEntry *entry = GTK_ENTRY (data);
   gunichar new_val;
   gunichar old_val = unichar_get_value (entry);
-  GValue val;
+  GValue val = { 0, };
   gchar buf[7];
   gint len;