diff --git a/deco-uninitialized-ptr-crash.patch b/deco-uninitialized-ptr-crash.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7531888
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deco-uninitialized-ptr-crash.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -rupN deco-1.6.2.old/arch.c deco-1.6.2/arch.c
+--- deco-1.6.2.old/arch.c	2010-06-07 14:31:24.000000000 -0400
++++ deco-1.6.2/arch.c	2013-02-23 11:43:53.899624737 -0500
+@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ static bool handle_contents(const struct
+ 	char *moved;
+ 	unsigned int entries = 0;
+ 
++	first.p = first.e = first.z = NULL;
+ 	dir = open_dir(a->sandbox.p);
+ 	if (!dir)
+ 		return false;
diff --git a/deco.spec b/deco.spec
index 8894b8b..f2a63aa 100644
--- a/deco.spec
+++ b/deco.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 Name:           deco
 Version:        1.6.2
-Release:        5%{?dist}
+Release:        6%{?dist}
 Summary:        Extractor for various archive file formats
 Group:          Applications/Archiving
 License:        GPLv3
 URL:            http://hartlich.com/deco/
 Source0:        http://hartlich.com/deco/download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
+# Crash on freeing uninitialized pointer. RHBZ #914659
+# Patch sent upstream via email
+Patch0:         deco-uninitialized-ptr-crash.patch
 
 Requires:       deco-archive >= 1.2
 
@@ -18,26 +20,25 @@ interface and much more.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .initptr
 
 %build
 make %{?_smp_mflags} PREFIX=%{_prefix} SHARE=%{_var}/lib/%{name} \
                      CFLAGS="%optflags" LDFLAGS=""
 
 %install
-rm -rf %{buildroot}
 make install PREFIX=%{_prefix} DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
 install -dm 755 %{buildroot}/%{_var}/lib/%{name}
 
-%clean
-rm -rf %{buildroot}
-
 %files
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc LICENSE CREDITS NEWS README
 %{_bindir}/%{name}
 %dir %{_var}/lib/%{name}
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Feb 23 2013 Orcan Ogetbil <oget [DOT] fedora [AT] gmail [DOT] com> 1.6.2-6
+- Bugfix: occasional crash due to uninitialized pointer. RHBZ #914659
+
 * Wed Feb 13 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.6.2-5
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_Mass_Rebuild