diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index a7baf12eed..51840db92d 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -3480,3 +3480,9 @@ Rom    24 Apr 2012
     win_build/installerv2/redist/Windows/x64/
         boinccas.dll
         boinccas95.dll
+
+David  24 Apr 2012
+    - update_versions: eliminate PHP warnings when no version.xml file
+
+    tools/
+        update_versions
diff --git a/tools/update_versions b/tools/update_versions
index 8d2860c014..1f81e2009d 100755
--- a/tools/update_versions
+++ b/tools/update_versions
@@ -379,6 +379,9 @@ function process_version($a, $v, $p) {
     } else {
         $vers = null;
         $vers->files = array();
+        $vers->dont_throttle = false;
+        $vers->needs_network = false;
+        $vers->file_prefix = false;
     }
 
     $fds = process_files($a, $v, $p, $vers->files);