diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 84b0b7525..53eccb176 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-10-23  Havoc Pennington  <hp@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/theme.c (meta_frame_layout_calc_geometry): initialize the 
+	left button background rectangles.
+
 2002-10-21  Havoc Pennington  <hp@redhat.com>
 
 	Optimizations for managing new windows (do not all take effect if
diff --git a/src/theme.c b/src/theme.c
index 5ad91368b..c94d3a8f3 100644
--- a/src/theme.c
+++ b/src/theme.c
@@ -718,6 +718,8 @@ meta_frame_layout_calc_geometry (const MetaFrameLayout  *layout,
       rect->height = button_height;
       
       x = rect->x + rect->width + layout->button_border.right;
+
+      *(left_bg_rects[i]) = *rect;
       
       ++i;
     }