diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7c0d9d8b4..7a90b6902 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-08-30  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
+
+	* gdk/Event.cs : add some null guarding to GetEvent.
+	[Fixes #75642]
+
 2005-08-30  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
 
 	* parser/gapi_pp.pl : ignore ifndef *_H_ lines like in 1.0.x.
diff --git a/gdk/Event.cs b/gdk/Event.cs
index 0f266bdc4..b67c56a75 100644
--- a/gdk/Event.cs
+++ b/gdk/Event.cs
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ namespace Gdk {
 
 		public static Event GetEvent (IntPtr raw)
 		{
+			if (raw == IntPtr.Zero)
+				return null;
+
 			switch (gtksharp_gdk_event_get_event_type (raw)) {
 			case EventType.Expose:
 				return new EventExpose (raw);