diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d17e7da283..f325bb18c4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-11-26  David Hampton  <hampton@employees.org>
+
+	* src/engine/Transaction.c: Initialize the qof entity in the new
+	split, not the old one.
+
 2005-11-25  David Hampton  <hampton@employees.org>
 
 	* src/business/dialog-tax-table/dialog-tax-table.c: Andreas
diff --git a/src/engine/Transaction.c b/src/engine/Transaction.c
index c3dc037b4b..dbb5b32cf8 100644
--- a/src/engine/Transaction.c
+++ b/src/engine/Transaction.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ xaccSplitClone (Split *s)
   split->gains_split = NULL;
 
   col = qof_book_get_collection (s->book, GNC_ID_SPLIT);
-  qof_entity_init (&s->entity, GNC_ID_SPLIT, col);
+  qof_entity_init (&split->entity, GNC_ID_SPLIT, col);
 
   xaccAccountInsertSplit(s->acc, split);
   if (s->lot)