diff -up gnome-session-2.23.5/gnome-session/gsm-autostart-app.c.gerror-crash gnome-session-2.23.5/gnome-session/gsm-autostart-app.c
--- gnome-session-2.23.5/gnome-session/gsm-autostart-app.c.gerror-crash	2008-07-24 19:31:29.000000000 -0400
+++ gnome-session-2.23.5/gnome-session/gsm-autostart-app.c	2008-07-24 19:33:00.000000000 -0400
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ gsm_autostart_app_set_desktop_filename (
 
         g_debug ("GsmAutostartApp: setting desktop filename to %s", desktop_filename);
 
+	error = NULL;
+
         if (app->priv->desktop_file != NULL) {
                 egg_desktop_file_free (app->priv->desktop_file);
                 app->priv->desktop_file = NULL;