diff --git a/gnome-applets.spec b/gnome-applets.spec
index 5c0a836..e6b7e2d 100644
--- a/gnome-applets.spec
+++ b/gnome-applets.spec
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 Summary:        Small applications for the GNOME panel
 Name:		gnome-applets
 Version:	2.22.0
-Release: 	1%{?dist}
+Release: 	2%{?dist}
 Epoch:          1
 License:	GPLv2+ and GFDL+
 Group:          User Interface/Desktops
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ Patch42:	vertical-invest.patch
 # http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511446
 Patch44:	gweather-gnome-vfs.patch
 
+Patch50: 	keyboard-properties.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  glib2-devel >= %{glib2_version}
 BuildRequires:  gtk2-devel >= %{gtk2_version}
 BuildRequires:  libgnomeui-devel >= %{libgnomeui_version}
@@ -168,6 +170,7 @@ small utilities for the GNOME panel.
 %patch40 -p1 -b .battstat-null
 %patch42 -p1 -b .vertical-invest
 %patch44 -p1 -b .gweather-gnome-vfs
+%patch50 -p1 -b .keyboard-properties
 
 cp gswitchit/gswitchit-applet.png  gswitchit/gswitchit-properties-capplet.png
 
@@ -339,6 +342,9 @@ fi
 %{_sysconfdir}/security/console.apps/*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Apr  4 2008 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> - 1:2.22.0-2
+- Fix a bug in the keyboard accessibility applet
+
 * Mon Mar 10 2008 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> - 1:2.22.0-1
 - Update to 2.22.0
 
diff --git a/keyboard-properties.patch b/keyboard-properties.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cddc6b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/keyboard-properties.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up gnome-applets-2.22.0/accessx-status/applet.c.keyboard-properties gnome-applets-2.22.0/accessx-status/applet.c
+--- gnome-applets-2.22.0/accessx-status/applet.c.keyboard-properties	2008-04-04 15:31:25.000000000 -0400
++++ gnome-applets-2.22.0/accessx-status/applet.c	2008-04-04 15:31:52.000000000 -0400
+@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ dialog_cb (BonoboUIComponent *component,
+ 					  &error);
+ 
+ 	if (error != NULL) {
++		g_error_free (error);
++		error = NULL;
+ 	        gdk_spawn_command_line_on_screen (gtk_widget_get_screen (GTK_WIDGET (sapplet->applet)),
+ 						  "gnome-keyboard-properties --a11y", 
+ 						  &error);