diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b005d9b390..b4543afdc1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@
 	  certain reports doesn't work right when the "reverse account
 	  balances" is set in certain ways.  Fixes #107472.
 
+	* src/engine/Account.c: initialize the returned values in
+	  finder_help_function().  This fixes bug #108883 (and possibly
+	  others not reported).
+
 2003-06-14  Derek Atkins  <derek@ihtfp.com>
 
 	* src/backend/file/io-gncxml-v2.c: make the book-string an extern
diff --git a/src/engine/Account.c b/src/engine/Account.c
index a72ebb11f4..213dd6704c 100644
--- a/src/engine/Account.c
+++ b/src/engine/Account.c
@@ -3099,6 +3099,11 @@ finder_help_function(Account *account,
 {
   GList *slp;
 
+  /* First, make sure we set the data to NULL BEFORE we start */
+  if (split) *split = NULL;
+  if (trans) *trans = NULL;
+
+  /* Then see if we have any work to do */
   if (account == NULL) return;
 
   /* Why is this loop iterated backwards ?? Presumably because the split
@@ -3118,9 +3123,6 @@ finder_help_function(Account *account,
       return;
     }
   }
-
-  if( split ) *split = NULL;
-  if( trans ) *trans = NULL;
 }
 
 Split *