diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e7a790117..b028391a0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2003-09-29  David Turner  <david@freetype.org>
 
+        * src/base/ftglyph.c (FT_Get_Glyph): fixing small bug, thanks
+        to Henry Maddocks for spotting this
+
         * include/freetype/internal/services/svpsname.h (added),
         include/freetype/internal/psnames.h (removed),
         include/freetype/internal/internal.h (FT_SERVICE_POSTSCRIPT_NAMES):
diff --git a/src/base/ftglyph.c b/src/base/ftglyph.c
index fad5a620d..9c6269084 100644
--- a/src/base/ftglyph.c
+++ b/src/base/ftglyph.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@
   FT_Get_Glyph( FT_GlyphSlot  slot,
                 FT_Glyph     *aglyph )
   {
-    FT_Library  library = slot->library;
+    FT_Library  library;
     FT_Error    error;
     FT_Glyph    glyph;
 
@@ -431,6 +431,8 @@
     if ( !slot )
       return FT_Err_Invalid_Slot_Handle;
 
+    library = slot->library;
+
     if ( !aglyph )
       return FT_Err_Invalid_Argument;