diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7a639fc06..06712bacc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-12-28  Emmanuele Bassi  <ebassi@openedhand.com>
+
+	* clutter/clutter-texture.c:
+	(clutter_texture_unrealize): Do not read the pixels back if the
+	texture is being destroyed
+
 2007-12-28  Emmanuele Bassi  <ebassi@openedhand.com>
 
 	* clutter/clutter-model.c:
diff --git a/clutter/clutter-texture.c b/clutter/clutter-texture.c
index 37c43b3ea..fb771c016 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-texture.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-texture.c
@@ -629,6 +629,13 @@ clutter_texture_unrealize (ClutterActor *actor)
   if (priv->tiles == NULL)
     return;
 
+  /* there's no need to read the pixels back when unrealizing inside
+   * a dispose run, and the dispose() call will release the GL
+   * texture data as well, so we can safely bail out now
+   */
+  if (CLUTTER_PRIVATE_FLAGS (actor) & CLUTTER_ACTOR_IN_DESTRUCTION)
+    return;
+
   CLUTTER_MARK();
 
   if (clutter_feature_available (CLUTTER_FEATURE_TEXTURE_READ_PIXELS))