diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4c2b939248..4888376c03 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-09-04  Manish Singh  <yosh@gimp.org>
+
+	* app/base/cpu-accel.c: null-terminate string for vendor comparisions.
+
 2003-09-04  Manish Singh  <yosh@gimp.org>
 
 	* app/base/cpu-accel.[ch]: rewrote the x86 tests, moved debug printout
diff --git a/app/base/cpu-accel.c b/app/base/cpu-accel.c
index d7c1004941..3165a3f515 100644
--- a/app/base/cpu-accel.c
+++ b/app/base/cpu-accel.c
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ arch_get_vendor (void)
   *(int *)&id[0] = ebx;
   *(int *)&id[4] = edx;
   *(int *)&id[8] = ecx;
+  
+  id[12] = '\0';
 
 #ifdef ARCH_X86_64
   if (strcmp (id, "AuthenticAMD") == 0)
diff --git a/libgimpbase/gimpcpuaccel.c b/libgimpbase/gimpcpuaccel.c
index d7c1004941..3165a3f515 100644
--- a/libgimpbase/gimpcpuaccel.c
+++ b/libgimpbase/gimpcpuaccel.c
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ arch_get_vendor (void)
   *(int *)&id[0] = ebx;
   *(int *)&id[4] = edx;
   *(int *)&id[8] = ecx;
+  
+  id[12] = '\0';
 
 #ifdef ARCH_X86_64
   if (strcmp (id, "AuthenticAMD") == 0)