diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b5ef86c09..1ef7ce25c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-09-26  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+        * Source/NSUserDefaults.m: Fix error synchronising from changes in
+        database ... was not sending the notification to say we had updated.
+
 2012-09-25  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
         * Source/GNUmakefile:
diff --git a/Source/NSUserDefaults.m b/Source/NSUserDefaults.m
index cdfa1b08e..598155c3d 100644
--- a/Source/NSUserDefaults.m
+++ b/Source/NSUserDefaults.m
@@ -1773,7 +1773,7 @@ static BOOL isPlistObject(id o)
   NSDate		*saved;
   BOOL			wasLocked;
   BOOL			result = YES;
-  BOOL			haveNewDomain = NO;
+  BOOL			haveChange = NO;
 
   [_lock lock];
   saved = _lastSync;
@@ -1808,8 +1808,8 @@ static BOOL isPlistObject(id o)
 	      NSString			*domainName;
 	      NSFileManager		*mgr;
 
-	      haveNewDomain = [self _readDefaults];
-	      if (YES == haveNewDomain)
+	      haveChange = [self _readDefaults];
+	      if (YES == haveChange)
 		{
 		  DESTROY(_dictionaryRep);
 		}
@@ -1841,7 +1841,7 @@ static BOOL isPlistObject(id o)
 		    }
 		}
 
-	      if (YES == haveNewDomain)
+	      if (YES == haveChange)
 		{
 		  updateCache(self);
 		}
@@ -1892,7 +1892,7 @@ static BOOL isPlistObject(id o)
       [self _changePersistentDomain: NSGlobalDomain];
     }
   [_lock unlock];
-  if (YES == haveNewDomain)
+  if (YES == haveChange)
     {
       [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]
 	postNotificationName: NSUserDefaultsDidChangeNotification
@@ -2340,7 +2340,7 @@ static BOOL isLocked = NO;
   NSEnumerator		*enumerator;
   NSString		*domainName;
   NSFileManager		*mgr;
-  BOOL			haveNewDomain = NO;
+  BOOL			haveChange = NO;
 
   mgr = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
 
@@ -2377,7 +2377,7 @@ static BOOL isLocked = NO;
 			      owner: self];
 	      [_persDomains setObject: pd forKey: domainName];
 	      [pd release];
-	      haveNewDomain = YES;
+	      haveChange = YES;
 	    }
 	  if (YES == [_searchList containsObject: domainName])
 	    {
@@ -2385,11 +2385,11 @@ static BOOL isLocked = NO;
 	       * synchronize to load the domain contents into memory
 	       * so a lookup will work.
 	       */
-	      [pd synchronize];
+	      haveChange = [pd synchronize];
 	    }
 	}
     }
-  return haveNewDomain;
+  return haveChange;
 }
 
 - (BOOL) _readOnly
@@ -2470,12 +2470,12 @@ static BOOL isLocked = NO;
 
 - (BOOL) synchronize
 {
-  BOOL		wasLocked;
-  BOOL		result;
+  BOOL  wasLocked;
+  BOOL	hadChange = NO; // Have we read a change from disk?
 
   if (NO == [owner _lockDefaultsFile: &wasLocked])
     {
-      result = NO;
+      hadChange = NO;
       wasLocked = NO;
     }
   else
@@ -2488,6 +2488,7 @@ static BOOL isLocked = NO;
       if (YES == modified && NO == [owner _readOnly])
 	{
 	  NSDate	*mod;
+          BOOL          result;
 
           mod = [NSDate date];
 	  if (0 == [contents count])
@@ -2543,15 +2544,15 @@ static BOOL isLocked = NO;
 			}
 		    }
 		}
+              hadChange = YES;
 	    }
-	  result = YES;
 	}
       if (NO == wasLocked)
 	{
 	  [owner _unlockDefaultsFile];
 	}
     }
-  return result;
+  return hadChange;
 }
 
 - (NSDate*) updated