diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e8625a63c2..7179580e49 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2003-09-09  Derek Atkins  <derek@ihtfp.com>
+
+	* src/gnome-utils/dialog-transfer.c:  during the dialog startup it
+	  tries to build the transfer rate.  This crashes on Solaris because
+	  during startup one commodity is still NULL when it tries to print
+	  it.
+	Fixes bug #121677
+
 2003-09-04  Derek Atkins  <derek@ihtfp.com>
 
 	Apply Nigel Titley's patch to fix #103174:
diff --git a/src/gnome-utils/dialog-transfer.c b/src/gnome-utils/dialog-transfer.c
index ef55875eea..8305308175 100644
--- a/src/gnome-utils/dialog-transfer.c
+++ b/src/gnome-utils/dialog-transfer.c
@@ -838,6 +838,14 @@ gnc_xfer_dialog_update_conv_info (XferDialog *xferData)
   from_mnemonic = gnc_commodity_get_mnemonic(xferData->from_commodity);
   to_mnemonic = gnc_commodity_get_mnemonic(xferData->to_commodity);
 
+  /* On the theory that if we don't have a mnemonic then we don't
+   * have a commodity...  On Solaris this crashes without a string.
+   * So, just leave now and wait for the second initialization to
+   * occur.
+   */
+  if (!from_mnemonic || !to_mnemonic)
+    return;
+
   // price = gnc_amount_edit_get_amount(GNC_AMOUNT_EDIT(xferData->price_edit));
   price = gnc_xfer_dialog_compute_price(xferData);