diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b1ca8eede..073fd7c1f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 2010-09-10  Riccardo Mottola
 
-	* Source/unix/GSRunLoopCtxt.m: only access array if port responds to selector, or it is not initialized.
-	* NSDate.m: use init return value
+	* Source/unix/GSRunLoopCtxt.m: only access array if port responds to selector, or it is not initialized
+	
+	* Source/NSDate.m,
+	* Source/NSScanner.m: use init return value
 	
 2010-09-10  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
diff --git a/Source/NSScanner.m b/Source/NSScanner.m
index 469509bc5..a46a92fa4 100644
--- a/Source/NSScanner.m
+++ b/Source/NSScanner.m
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ typedef GSString	*ivars;
 {
   NSScanner	*n = [[self class] allocWithZone: zone];
 
-  [n initWithString: _string];
+  n = [n initWithString: _string];
   [n setCharactersToBeSkipped: _charactersToBeSkipped];
   [n setLocale: _locale];
   [n setScanLocation: _scanLocation];