diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b38140073..3121f45a4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-04-02  Adam Jackson  <ajax@freedesktop.org>
+
+	* Xext/sync.c:
+	Coverity #992: Prevent a NULL chase.
+
 2006-04-02  Adam Jackson  <ajax@freedesktop.org>
 
 	* configure.ac:
diff --git a/Xext/sync.c b/Xext/sync.c
index c43c4af58..3d3d67559 100644
--- a/Xext/sync.c
+++ b/Xext/sync.c
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ SyncComputeBracketValues(pCounter, startOver)
 {
     SyncTriggerList *pCur;
     SyncTrigger *pTrigger;
-    SysCounterInfo *psci = pCounter->pSysCounterInfo;
+    SysCounterInfo *psci;
     CARD64 *pnewgtval = NULL;
     CARD64 *pnewltval = NULL;
     SyncCounterType ct;
@@ -1120,6 +1120,7 @@ SyncComputeBracketValues(pCounter, startOver)
     if (!pCounter)
 	return;
 
+    psci = pCounter->pSysCounterInfo;
     ct = pCounter->pSysCounterInfo->counterType;
     if (ct == XSyncCounterNeverChanges)
 	return;