diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ff391d7bb..52fedb54a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-03-28 Riccardo Mottola <rm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Source/NSPathUtilities.m:
+	safer and more portable pointer access
+	
 2011-03-24  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* Source/NSAutoreleasePool.m: Clarify/add to comments about linked
diff --git a/Source/NSPathUtilities.m b/Source/NSPathUtilities.m
index 8f9def23f..396d239d0 100644
--- a/Source/NSPathUtilities.m
+++ b/Source/NSPathUtilities.m
@@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ NSFullUserName(void)
 
       [gnustep_global_lock lock];
       pw = getpwnam([userName cString]);
-      if (*pw.pw_gecos)
+      if (pw->pw_gecos)
 	{
           userName = [NSString stringWithUTF8String: pw->pw_gecos];
         }