diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7ad1368f78..25a7ce3a07 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-05-16  Sebastian Dröge  <slomo@circular-chaos.org>
+
+	* ext/raw1394/gstdv1394src.c: (gst_dv1394src_uri_set_uri):
+	Replace direct comparison of a string with the string literal "" with
+	a comparison of the first character with '\0'. Fixes #438926.
+
 2007-05-15  Stefan Kost  <ensonic@users.sf.net>
 
 	* gst/debug/breakmydata.c (gst_break_my_data_init):
diff --git a/ext/raw1394/gstdv1394src.c b/ext/raw1394/gstdv1394src.c
index d10c389c07..8447646485 100644
--- a/ext/raw1394/gstdv1394src.c
+++ b/ext/raw1394/gstdv1394src.c
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ gst_dv1394src_uri_set_uri (GstURIHandler * handler, const gchar * uri)
   g_free (protocol);
 
   location = gst_uri_get_location (uri);
-  if (location && (!(location == "")))
+  if (location && *location != '\0')
     gst_dv1394src->port = strtol (location, NULL, 10);
   else
     gst_dv1394src->port = DEFAULT_PORT;