diff -up netpbm-10.47.04/lib/libppmd.c.ppmpat-segfault netpbm-10.47.04/lib/libppmd.c
--- netpbm-10.47.04/lib/libppmd.c.ppmpat-segfault	2009-10-21 13:39:00.000000000 +0200
+++ netpbm-10.47.04/lib/libppmd.c	2009-11-27 06:31:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -1057,8 +1057,8 @@ ppmd_fill_drawprocp(pixel **     const p
         if (fh->coords == NULL)
             pm_error("out of memory enlarging a fillhandle");
 
-        ocp = &(fh->coords[fh->n - 1]);
     }
+    ocp = &(fh->coords[fh->n - 1]);
 
     /* Check for extremum and set the edge number. */
     if (fh->n == 0) {