diff -up gtk+-2.17.7/gtk/gtkiconview.c.appearance-crash gtk+-2.17.7/gtk/gtkiconview.c
--- gtk+-2.17.7/gtk/gtkiconview.c.appearance-crash	2009-08-13 10:03:01.717854077 -0400
+++ gtk+-2.17.7/gtk/gtkiconview.c	2009-08-13 10:03:31.483855146 -0400
@@ -3498,16 +3498,16 @@ gtk_icon_view_get_item_at_coords (GtkIco
 		    {
 		      if (cell_at_pos)
 			*cell_at_pos = info;
-		      
+
 		      return item;
 		    }
 		}
 
-	      if (only_in_cell)
-		return NULL;
-	      
 	      if (cell_at_pos)
 		*cell_at_pos = NULL;
+
+	      if (only_in_cell)
+		return NULL;
 	    }
 
 	  return item;