diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index a98010ecfe..4361190bd1 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -6998,6 +6998,8 @@ Rom    28 June 2006
         existing data structures.
     - Create build configurations for building the simple GUI since
         it is now turned off by default.
+    - When clearing out a gui rpc result structure, make sure the
+        pointers are nulled out.
         
     clientgui/
         MainDocument.cpp, .h
diff --git a/lib/gui_rpc_client_ops.C b/lib/gui_rpc_client_ops.C
index 21d5a9a211..54092e6e2d 100644
--- a/lib/gui_rpc_client_ops.C
+++ b/lib/gui_rpc_client_ops.C
@@ -392,6 +392,9 @@ void RESULT::clear() {
     suspended_via_gui = false;
     project_suspended_via_gui = false;
     supports_graphics = false;
+    app = NULL;
+    wup = NULL;
+    project = NULL;
 }
 
 FILE_TRANSFER::FILE_TRANSFER() {