diff --git a/src/dynamic_buffer.c b/src/dynamic_buffer.c
index bd90dbb25b11311f9e29f7b6c9d2aabfe4d0bc78..f26b7246de5b1a13774c9dcfba8750592ed414bb 100644
--- a/src/dynamic_buffer.c
+++ b/src/dynamic_buffer.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ||| This file is part of Pike. For copyright information see COPYRIGHT.
 ||| Pike is distributed under GPL, LGPL and MPL. See the file COPYING
 ||| for more information.
-||| $Id: dynamic_buffer.c,v 1.19 2002/10/08 23:31:23 nilsson Exp $
+||| $Id: dynamic_buffer.c,v 1.20 2002/10/10 10:53:46 grubba Exp $
 \*/
 /**/
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "pike_error.h"
 #include "pike_memory.h"
 
-RCSID("$Id: dynamic_buffer.c,v 1.19 2002/10/08 23:31:23 nilsson Exp $");
+RCSID("$Id: dynamic_buffer.c,v 1.20 2002/10/10 10:53:46 grubba Exp $");
 
 static dynamic_buffer buff;
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ PMOD_EXPORT char *make_buf_space(INT32 space) { return low_make_buf_space(space,
 PMOD_EXPORT void my_putchar(char b) { low_my_putchar(b,&buff); }
 PMOD_EXPORT void my_binary_strcat(const char *b, ptrdiff_t l) { low_my_binary_strcat(b,l,&buff); }
 PMOD_EXPORT void my_strcat(const char *b) { my_binary_strcat(b,strlen(b)); }
-PMOD_EXPORT void initialize_global_buf(void) { initialize_buf(&buff); }
+PMOD_EXPORT void initialize_global_buf(void) { buff.s.str = NULL; }
 PMOD_EXPORT void init_buf(void) { low_reinit_buf(&buff); }
 PMOD_EXPORT void init_buf_with_string(string s) { low_init_buf_with_string(s,&buff); }
 PMOD_EXPORT char *debug_return_buf(void)