$NetBSD: patch-ab,v 1.24 2010/05/31 18:32:41 wiz Exp $

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2010-March/msg00113.html

--- gtk/gtkentry.c.orig	2010-05-02 03:14:28.000000000 +0000
+++ gtk/gtkentry.c
@@ -6712,8 +6712,11 @@ gtk_entry_set_buffer (GtkEntry       *en
   g_object_notify (obj, "invisible-char-set");
   g_object_thaw_notify (obj);
 
-  gtk_editable_set_position (GTK_EDITABLE (entry), 0);
-  gtk_entry_recompute (entry);
+  if (priv->buffer)
+    {
+      gtk_editable_set_position (GTK_EDITABLE (entry), 0);
+      gtk_entry_recompute (entry);
+    }
 }
 
 /**