diff --git a/clog1 b/clog1
index 68855c2..c514542 100644
--- a/clog1
+++ b/clog1
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 * Mon Jan 18 2010 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> - 1.1.16-9
-- Handle errors more gracefully in userdefault.py (bug #556345).
+- Make sure serial device widgets are always initialized (bug #556488).
diff --git a/system-config-printer-serial-widgets.patch b/system-config-printer-serial-widgets.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..044a909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-config-printer-serial-widgets.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -up system-config-printer-1.1.16/system-config-printer.py.serial-widgets system-config-printer-1.1.16/system-config-printer.py
+--- system-config-printer-1.1.16/system-config-printer.py.serial-widgets	2010-01-18 17:01:04.326559283 +0000
++++ system-config-printer-1.1.16/system-config-printer.py	2010-01-18 17:01:24.700559444 +0000
+@@ -5949,6 +5949,9 @@ class NewPrinterGUI(GtkGUI):
+                                     break
+                                 iter = model.iter_next(iter)
+                                 nr += 1
++
++                            if not iter:
++                                widget.set_active (0)
+                         else: # use optionvalues
+                             nr = optionvalues.index(
+                                 option_dict[name])
diff --git a/system-config-printer.spec b/system-config-printer.spec
index 8033c82..781f400 100644
--- a/system-config-printer.spec
+++ b/system-config-printer.spec
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Patch11: system-config-printer-copy-crash.patch
 Patch12: system-config-printer-check-still-connecting.patch
 Patch13: system-config-printer-async-fallback.patch
 Patch14: system-config-printer-userdefault-traceback.patch
+Patch15: system-config-printer-serial-widgets.patch
 
 Patch101: pycups-request-readio.patch
 
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ printers.
 %patch12 -p1 -b .check-still-connecting
 %patch13 -p1 -b .async-fallback
 %patch14 -p1 -b .userdefault-traceback
+%patch15 -p1 -b .serial-widgets
 
 pushd pycups-%{pycups_version}
 %patch101 -p1 -b .request-readio
@@ -225,6 +227,7 @@ exit 0
 
 %changelog
 * Mon Jan 18 2010 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> - 1.1.16-9
+- Make sure serial device widgets are always initialized (bug #556488).
 - Handle errors more gracefully in userdefault.py (bug #556345).
 - Don't rely on cups-pk-helper being around (bug #556170).
 - Avoid traceback when checking on connecting backends (bug #555552).