diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5b5508a5e5..76fd0694c2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 	* app/core/gimpgradient-load.c (gimp_gradient_load_svg): improved
 	error message.
+	(svg_parser_end_element): don't crash on empty gradient definitions.
 
 2004-07-23  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
diff --git a/app/core/gimpgradient-load.c b/app/core/gimpgradient-load.c
index 08a64389af..9ff0f9ae1e 100644
--- a/app/core/gimpgradient-load.c
+++ b/app/core/gimpgradient-load.c
@@ -364,7 +364,8 @@ svg_parser_end_element (GMarkupParseContext  *context,
     {
       parser->state = SVG_STATE_OUT;
     }
-  else if (parser->gradient && strcmp (element_name, "linearGradient") == 0)
+  else if (parser->gradient && parser->stops &&
+           strcmp (element_name, "linearGradient") == 0)
     {
       GimpGradientSegment *seg  = gimp_gradient_segment_new ();
       GimpGradientSegment *next = NULL;