diff --git a/irssi-0.8.15-init-resize-crash-fix.patch b/irssi-0.8.15-init-resize-crash-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e01e4bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/irssi-0.8.15-init-resize-crash-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -up irssi-0.8.15/src/fe-text/irssi.c.old irssi-0.8.15/src/fe-text/irssi.c
+diff -up irssi-0.8.15/src/fe-text/mainwindows.c.old irssi-0.8.15/src/fe-text/mainwindows.c
+--- irssi-0.8.15/src/fe-text/mainwindows.c.old	2010-04-03 18:19:42.000000000 +0200
++++ irssi-0.8.15/src/fe-text/mainwindows.c	2012-02-24 10:47:51.215293213 +0100
+@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ static void mainwindows_resize_smaller(i
+         int space;
+ 
+ 	sorted = mainwindows_get_sorted(TRUE);
+-	for (;;) {
++	for (;sorted != NULL;) {
+ 		space = 0;
+ 		for (tmp = mainwindows; tmp != NULL; tmp = tmp->next) {
+ 			rec = tmp->data;
diff --git a/irssi.spec b/irssi.spec
index 799ad57..69f9ed1 100644
--- a/irssi.spec
+++ b/irssi.spec
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@
 Summary:	Modular text mode IRC client with Perl scripting
 Name:		irssi
 Version:	0.8.15
-Release:	7%{?dist}
+Release:	8%{?dist}
 
 License:	GPLv2+
 Group:		Applications/Communications
 URL:		http://irssi.org/
 Source0:	http://irssi.org/files/irssi-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:	irssi-config.h
+# Bug 796457
+Patch0:		irssi-0.8.15-init-resize-crash-fix.patch
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot
 BuildRequires:	ncurses-devel openssl-devel zlib-devel 
 BuildRequires:	pkgconfig glib2-devel perl-devel perl(ExtUtils::Embed)
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ being maintained.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1 -b .init-resize-crash-fix
 
 %build
 %configure --enable-ipv6 --with-textui	\
@@ -84,6 +87,11 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Feb 24 2012 Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com> - 0.8.15-8
+- Fixed crash that can occur if term is resized during irssi init
+  (init-resize-crash-fix patch)
+  Resolves: rhbz#796457
+
 * Fri Jan 13 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.8.15-7
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild