diff --git a/plugins/excel/libole2/ChangeLog b/plugins/excel/libole2/ChangeLog
index 22ae07a7299937f68ed551ba40499c4cbfb292fe..bca0cc13ac25c5ab672f43c3aad5e068bbd3bbb4 100644
--- a/plugins/excel/libole2/ChangeLog
+++ b/plugins/excel/libole2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+1999-09-20  Michael Meeks  <michael@nuclecu.unam.mx>
+
+	* ms-ole.c (ms_ole_destroy): Paper bag error.
+
 1999-09-19  Michael Meeks  <michael@nuclecu.unam.mx>
 
 	* Makefile.am: Killed storage.
diff --git a/plugins/excel/libole2/ms-ole.c b/plugins/excel/libole2/ms-ole.c
index 678657296ec85bdb668e2d7b0e1734d11ed81b44..af012bd73ac226e6d139bd3fe9406e4272ab1cd7 100644
--- a/plugins/excel/libole2/ms-ole.c
+++ b/plugins/excel/libole2/ms-ole.c
@@ -1403,10 +1403,10 @@ ms_ole_destroy (MsOle **ptr)
 #if OLE_DEBUG > 0
 	printf ("FIXME: should truncate to remove unused blocks\n");
 #endif
-	if (f->ref_count != 0)
-		g_warning ("Unclosed files exist on this OLE stream");
-
 	if (f) {
+		if (f->ref_count != 0)
+			g_warning ("Unclosed files exist on this OLE stream");
+
 		if (f->dirty)
 			ms_ole_cleanup (f);