diff --git a/docs/rh-log.txt b/docs/rh-log.txt
index 2f57ffdbf..24d9fa026 100644
--- a/docs/rh-log.txt
+++ b/docs/rh-log.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-May 19, 2009
+May 20, 2009  (Changes by Graf Zahl)
+- Fixed: The SBARINFO parser compared an FString in the GAMEINFO with a NULL
+  pointer and tried to load a lump with an empty name as statusbar script
+  for non-Doom games.
+
+May 19, 2009
 - Fixed: SetSoundPaused() still needs to call S_PauseSound() to pause music
   that isn't piped through the digital sound system. (Was removed in r1004.)
 
diff --git a/src/g_shared/sbarinfo_parser.cpp b/src/g_shared/sbarinfo_parser.cpp
index 7d59297f9..95bdbb7ba 100644
--- a/src/g_shared/sbarinfo_parser.cpp
+++ b/src/g_shared/sbarinfo_parser.cpp
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static void FreeSBarInfoScript()
 
 void SBarInfo::Load()
 {
-	if(gameinfo.statusbar != NULL)
+	if(gameinfo.statusbar.IsNotEmpty())
 	{
 		int lump = Wads.CheckNumForFullName(gameinfo.statusbar, true);
 		if(lump != -1)