diff --git a/edit/ChangeLog b/edit/ChangeLog
index 6784d3503..d998433e4 100644
--- a/edit/ChangeLog
+++ b/edit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-08-21  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
+
+	* editwidget.c (edit): Make edit_bar a local variable.
+
 2002-08-20  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
 	* editcmd.c (freestrs): Set freed strings to NULL.
diff --git a/edit/editwidget.c b/edit/editwidget.c
index de190a99a..dc83dfff8 100644
--- a/edit/editwidget.c
+++ b/edit/editwidget.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "edit.h"
 
 WEdit *wedit;
-WButtonBar *edit_bar;
 Dlg_head *edit_dlg;
 WMenu *edit_menubar;
 
@@ -97,6 +96,7 @@ int edit (const char *_file, int line)
     int framed = 0;
     int midnight_colors[4];
     char *text = 0;
+    WButtonBar *edit_bar;
 
     if (option_backup_ext_int != -1) {
 	option_backup_ext = malloc (sizeof (int) + 1);