diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 712988f..836b74f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2002-11-02  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
+	Bug fix.
+	* src/keyword.cc (KeywordExt::init_selchars): Avoid comparison with
+	uninitialized member variable. Found with 'valgrind'.
+
 	* src/version.cc: Include version.h.
 	* src/Makefile.in (OBJECTS): Reorder.
 	(KEYWORD_H, KEYWORD_LIST_H, INPUT_H, SEARCH_H, OUTPUT_H): New
diff --git a/src/keyword.cc b/src/keyword.cc
index 3f6bb9a..ad65dd9 100644
--- a/src/keyword.cc
+++ b/src/keyword.cc
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ void KeywordExt::init_selchars (int *occurrences)
         }
 
       /* Didn't get any hits and user doesn't want to consider the
-        keylength, so there are essentially no usable hash positions! */
-      if (ptr == _selchars && option[NOLENGTH])
+         keylength, so there are essentially no usable hash positions! */
+      if (ptr == key_set && option[NOLENGTH])
         {
           fprintf (stderr, "Can't hash keyword %.*s with chosen key positions.\n",
                    _allchars_length, _allchars);