diff --git a/libguile/ChangeLog b/libguile/ChangeLog
index 8c26f73eb..1e7fd13f1 100644
--- a/libguile/ChangeLog
+++ b/libguile/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-Fri Feb 28 22:12:25 1997  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@mdj.nada.kth.se>
+Sat Mar  1 00:09:15 1997  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@mdj.nada.kth.se>
+
+	* symbols.c (msymbolize): Bugfix: Must initialize property list to
+ 	SCM_EOL.
 
 	* procs.c: Introduce the existent C function scm_thunk_p at the
 	Scheme level as well.
diff --git a/libguile/symbols.c b/libguile/symbols.c
index 73b27fbbf..d8da8d5b8 100644
--- a/libguile/symbols.c
+++ b/libguile/symbols.c
@@ -691,6 +691,7 @@ msymbolize (s)
   SCM_SYMBOL_MULTI_BYTE_STRINGP (s) = SCM_BOOL_F;
   SCM_SETCDR (string, SCM_EOL);
   SCM_SETCAR (string, SCM_EOL);
+  SCM_SYMBOL_PROPS (s) = SCM_EOL;
 }