diff --git a/gnome/ChangeLog b/gnome/ChangeLog
index 6eebc6658..6c8543f90 100644
--- a/gnome/ChangeLog
+++ b/gnome/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1999-09-01  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@redhat.com>
+
+	* gscreen.c (panel_icon_renamed): Do nothing if the name did not
+	change.
+
 1999-08-30  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@redhat.com>
 
 	* gdnd.c (file_has_drop_action): New function to test whether a
diff --git a/gnome/gscreen.c b/gnome/gscreen.c
index aa210cbe3..faefc1a26 100644
--- a/gnome/gscreen.c
+++ b/gnome/gscreen.c
@@ -1464,7 +1464,10 @@ panel_icon_renamed (GtkWidget *widget, int index, char *dest, WPanel *panel)
 	char *fullname;
 	int retval;
 
-	source = g_concat_dir_and_file (cpanel->cwd, panel->dir.list [index].fname);
+	if (strcmp (dest, panel->dir.list[index].fname) == 0)
+		return TRUE; /* do nothing if the name did not change */
+
+	source = g_concat_dir_and_file (cpanel->cwd, panel->dir.list[index].fname);
 	fullname = g_concat_dir_and_file (cpanel->cwd, dest);
 
 	if (rename_file_with_context (source, dest) == FILE_CONT) {