diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index b8065949..77ade2a9 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-10-02  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@xemacs.org>
+
+	* retr.c (retrieve_url): Initialize DUMMY storage for DT.  Caught
+	by valgrind.
+
 2003-10-02  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@xemacs.org>
 
 	* html-parse.c (convert_and_copy): Handle numeric entities in
diff --git a/src/retr.c b/src/retr.c
index 9378f60b..c0b439e8 100644
--- a/src/retr.c
+++ b/src/retr.c
@@ -357,9 +357,12 @@ retrieve_url (const char *origurl, char **file, char **newloc,
   char *saved_post_data = NULL;
   char *saved_post_file_name = NULL;
 
-  /* If dt is NULL, just ignore it.  */
+  /* If dt is NULL, use local storage.  */
   if (!dt)
-    dt = &dummy;
+    {
+      dt = &dummy;
+      dummy = 0;
+    }
   url = xstrdup (origurl);
   if (newloc)
     *newloc = NULL;