diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c9835c85a..f24a8e4a2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
 
 	* gtk/gtk.symbols: Add all newly added accessors so abicheck.sh passes
 
-	* gtk/gtkwidget.c (gtk_widget_get_allocation): Remove unused variable
-	and check if the widget is a GtkWidget subclass, not the uninitialized
-	allocation.
+	* gtk/gtkwidget.c (gtk_widget_get_allocation): Initialize the
+	allocation to avoid compiler warnings
 
 2008-06-20  Michael Natterer  <mitch@imendio.com>
 
diff --git a/gtk/gtkwidget.c b/gtk/gtkwidget.c
index 1c4c305e4..b0312b6fd 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkwidget.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkwidget.c
@@ -9899,7 +9899,8 @@ gtk_widget_get_has_tooltip (GtkWidget *widget)
 GtkAllocation
 gtk_widget_get_allocation (GtkWidget *widget)
 {
-  g_return_val_if_fail (GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget), widget);
+  static GtkAllocation allocation = { 0 };
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget), allocation);
 
   return widget->allocation;
 }