diff -up gdm-2.20.3/gui/gdmuser.c.cap-user-list-length gdm-2.20.3/gui/gdmuser.c
--- gdm-2.20.3/gui/gdmuser.c.cap-user-list-length	2008-03-10 11:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ gdm-2.20.3/gui/gdmuser.c	2008-03-10 11:43:53.000000000 -0400
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ setup_user (struct passwd *pwent,
 	    gboolean read_faces)
 {
     GdmUser *user;
-    int cnt = 0;
+    static int cnt = 0;
 
     if (pwent->pw_shell && 
 	gdm_check_shell (pwent->pw_shell) &&