diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dcf085777..7043c0552 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2004-06-20 Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Source/NSUserDefaults.m: ([initForUser:]) carry on and initialise
+	an instance even if the users defaults directory doesn't exist and
+	can't be created.  Created instance is read only and a warning is
+	issued.
+
 2004-06-18  Adam Fedor  <fedor@gnu.org>
 
 	* Tools/gdomap.c (xgethostname): Add missing colon (patch
diff --git a/Source/NSUserDefaults.m b/Source/NSUserDefaults.m
index 5e0072b24..61c044fd7 100644
--- a/Source/NSUserDefaults.m
+++ b/Source/NSUserDefaults.m
@@ -779,11 +779,6 @@ static NSString	*pathForUser(NSString *user)
 {
   NSString	*path = pathForUser(userName);
 
-  if (path == nil)
-    {
-      RELEASE(self);
-      return nil;
-    }
   return [self initWithContentsOfFile: path];
 }