diff --git a/gnome/ChangeLog b/gnome/ChangeLog
index c29da6b42..14cafb4c2 100644
--- a/gnome/ChangeLog
+++ b/gnome/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2001-04-06  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
+	* gscreen.c (tree_size_allocate): Don't call save_setup() if
+	auto_save_setup is 0.
+
 	* Makefile.in: Add dependencies between gmc and static libraries
 	in the source tree.
 
diff --git a/gnome/gscreen.c b/gnome/gscreen.c
index a94f5e1e9..5ec14f8e1 100644
--- a/gnome/gscreen.c
+++ b/gnome/gscreen.c
@@ -2310,7 +2310,10 @@ tree_size_allocate (GtkWidget *widget, GtkAllocation *allocation, WPanel *panel)
 	} else {
 		tree_panel_visible = allocation->width;
 	}
-	save_setup ();
+
+	if (auto_save_setup) {
+		save_setup ();
+	}
 }
 
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