diff --git a/appearance-crash.patch b/appearance-crash.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d90a24b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appearance-crash.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff -up gtk+-2.17.7/gtk/gtkiconview.c.appearance-crash gtk+-2.17.7/gtk/gtkiconview.c
+--- gtk+-2.17.7/gtk/gtkiconview.c.appearance-crash	2009-08-13 10:03:01.717854077 -0400
++++ gtk+-2.17.7/gtk/gtkiconview.c	2009-08-13 10:03:31.483855146 -0400
+@@ -3498,16 +3498,16 @@ gtk_icon_view_get_item_at_coords (GtkIco
+ 		    {
+ 		      if (cell_at_pos)
+ 			*cell_at_pos = info;
+-		      
++
+ 		      return item;
+ 		    }
+ 		}
+ 
+-	      if (only_in_cell)
+-		return NULL;
+-	      
+ 	      if (cell_at_pos)
+ 		*cell_at_pos = NULL;
++
++	      if (only_in_cell)
++		return NULL;
+ 	    }
+ 
+ 	  return item;
diff --git a/gtk2.spec b/gtk2.spec
index c92cf3a..533842f 100644
--- a/gtk2.spec
+++ b/gtk2.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 Summary: The GIMP ToolKit (GTK+), a library for creating GUIs for X
 Name: gtk2
 Version: %{base_version}
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 Source: http://download.gnome.org/sources/gtk+/2.17/gtk+-%{version}.tar.bz2
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ Patch0: gtk+-2.13.5-lib64.patch
 # http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=478400
 # Patch1: default_printer.patch
 
+# fixed upstream
+Patch2: appearance-crash.patch
+
 BuildRequires: atk-devel >= %{atk_version}
 BuildRequires: pango-devel >= %{pango_version}
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel >= %{glib2_version}
@@ -141,6 +144,7 @@ This package contains developer documentation for the GTK+ widget toolkit.
 
 %patch0 -p1 -b .lib64
 # %patch1 -p0 -b .default-printer
+%patch2 -p1 -b .appearance-crash
 
 # make sure that gtkmarshalers.{c, h} get regenerated during the build
 #  - caused by print_authentication.patch
@@ -385,6 +389,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Aug 13 2009 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> - 2.17.7-2
+- Fix a possible crash
+
 * Tue Aug 11 2009 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> - 2.17.7-1
 - 2.17.7