diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e7e615d307..fac7b236a6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-03-29  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* libgimp/gimppixelrgn.c (gimp_pixel_rgn_init): initialize
+	rowstride to zero; it's meaningless as long as data is NULL.
+
 2007-03-28  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	* app/pdb/layer_cmds.c
diff --git a/libgimp/gimppixelrgn.c b/libgimp/gimppixelrgn.c
index 9d07a08f69..fb28a9123b 100644
--- a/libgimp/gimppixelrgn.c
+++ b/libgimp/gimppixelrgn.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ gimp_pixel_rgn_init (GimpPixelRgn *pr,
   pr->data      = NULL;
   pr->drawable  = drawable;
   pr->bpp       = drawable->bpp;
-  pr->rowstride = pr->bpp * TILE_WIDTH;
+  pr->rowstride = 0;
   pr->x         = x;
   pr->y         = y;
   pr->w         = width;