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-rw-r--r--epan/prefs.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/epan/prefs.c b/epan/prefs.c
index 2ea33a275e..bfbcad9c14 100644
--- a/epan/prefs.c
+++ b/epan/prefs.c
@@ -376,8 +376,12 @@ prefs_register_protocol_subtree(const char *subtree, int id, void (*apply_cb)(vo
*sep++ = '\0';
if(!(new_module = find_subtree(subtree_module, ptr))) {
- /* create it */
- new_module = prefs_register_subtree(subtree_module, ptr, NULL);
+ /*
+ * There's no such module; create it, with the description
+ * being the name (if it's later registered explicitly
+ * with a description, that will override it).
+ */
+ new_module = prefs_register_subtree(subtree_module, ptr, ptr);
}
subtree_module = new_module;