diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 08619413a7813f1c54f0db18614007e2d0e7cb5c..f6664004d2eeb3cd49285decda3cedbcdc70b333 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-04-02 Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
+	* files.c (do_writeout): Previous fixes should not cause a crash 
+	  when saving a new file.  Discovered by Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>.
+
 2010-04-07 Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
 	* doc/man/nano.1,nanorc.5: Add warnings about using backup
 	  mode as root due to the Dan Rosenberg security analysis.
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index 9a853360177f5454b7063086271096af8596ff8e..58355fad51d54824e81307086ab0f92a0f5903f3 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -2136,8 +2136,8 @@ bool do_writeout(bool exiting)
 		}
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
 
-		if (name_exists && openfile->current_stat && openfile->current_stat->st_mtime < st.st_mtime ||
-                    openfile->current_stat->st_dev != st.st_dev || openfile->current_stat->st_ino != st.st_ino) {
+		if (name_exists && (openfile->current_stat && openfile->current_stat->st_mtime < st.st_mtime ||
+                    openfile->current_stat->st_dev != st.st_dev || openfile->current_stat->st_ino != st.st_ino)) {
 		    i = do_yesno_prompt(FALSE,
 			_("File was modified since you opened it, continue saving ? "));
 		    if (i == 0 || i == -1)