diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 42a75f69bd..37ec3f3cc3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-11-20  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>
+
+	* app/core/gimpimage-quick-mask.c (gimp_image_get_quick_mask_state):
+	image->quick_mask_state is a boolean, return it directly instead
+	of "state != NULL".
+
 2008-11-19  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	Bug 558454 – Plugin Map Color Range disappears from GIMP
diff --git a/app/core/gimpimage-quick-mask.c b/app/core/gimpimage-quick-mask.c
index a6e59089ca..3c644c3b98 100644
--- a/app/core/gimpimage-quick-mask.c
+++ b/app/core/gimpimage-quick-mask.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ gimp_image_get_quick_mask_state (const GimpImage *image)
 {
   g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_IMAGE (image), FALSE);
 
-  return (image->quick_mask_state != 0);
+  return image->quick_mask_state;
 }
 
 void