diff --git a/emacs-24.1-xevent.patch b/emacs-24.1-xevent.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59ee231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/emacs-24.1-xevent.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+--- src/xmenu.c
++++ src/xmenu.c	2012-07-03 11:51:37.448009822 +0000
+@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ set_frame_menubar (FRAME_PTR f, int firs
+     {
+       deep_p = 1;
+       f->output_data.x->saved_menu_event = (XEvent*)xmalloc (sizeof (XEvent));
+-      f->output_data.x->saved_menu_event->type = 0;
++      memset(f->output_data.x->saved_menu_event,0,sizeof(XEvent));
+     }
+ 
+ #ifdef USE_GTK
+--- src/xselect.c
++++ src/xselect.c	2012-07-03 11:08:10.732010284 +0000
+@@ -2344,7 +2344,14 @@ x_fill_property_data (Display *dpy, Lisp
+       Lisp_Object o = XCAR (iter);
+ 
+       if (INTEGERP (o) || FLOATP (o) || CONSP (o))
+-	val = cons_to_signed (o, LONG_MIN, LONG_MAX);
++        {
++	    if (INTEGERP (o) && (XFASTINT (o) > LONG_MAX || XFASTINT (o) < LONG_MIN))
++	      val = (long) XFASTINT (o);
++	    else if (FLOATP (o) && (XFLOAT_DATA (o) > LONG_MAX || XFLOAT_DATA (o) < LONG_MIN))
++	      val = (long) XFLOAT_DATA (o);
++	    else
++	      val = cons_to_signed (o, LONG_MIN, LONG_MAX);
++	}
+       else if (STRINGP (o))
+         {
+           BLOCK_INPUT;
+--- src/xterm.c
++++ src/xterm.c	2012-07-03 11:47:12.060510503 +0000
+@@ -5753,9 +5753,10 @@ static struct x_display_info *next_noop_
+ #define SET_SAVED_BUTTON_EVENT                                          \
+      do									\
+        {								\
+-	 if (f->output_data.x->saved_menu_event == 0)			\
++	 if (f->output_data.x->saved_menu_event == 0) {			\
+            f->output_data.x->saved_menu_event				\
+ 	     = (XEvent *) xmalloc (sizeof (XEvent));			\
++	   memset(f->output_data.x->saved_menu_event,0,sizeof(XEvent));}\
+          *f->output_data.x->saved_menu_event = event;                   \
+ 	 inev.ie.kind = MENU_BAR_ACTIVATE_EVENT;			\
+ 	 XSETFRAME (inev.ie.frame_or_window, f);			\
diff --git a/emacs.changes b/emacs.changes
index adffc96..d2482a0 100644
--- a/emacs.changes
+++ b/emacs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul  3 12:25:05 UTC 2012 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Don't be fooled by not initialized time stamps of unused XEvent
+  structures which happens with old GTK-2.0
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jun 29 15:22:42 UTC 2012 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/emacs.spec b/emacs.spec
index 24314af..fb0591e 100644
--- a/emacs.spec
+++ b/emacs.spec
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ Patch14:        emacs-24.1-tinfo.dif
 Patch15:        emacs-22.2-iconic.patch
 Patch16:        emacs-23.1-flyspell.patch
 Patch22:        emacs-24.1-bnc628268.patch
+Patch23:        emacs-24.1-xevent.patch
 Patch24:        emacs-24.1-xgselect.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 %global bug_345669  0
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ if test ! -e $HOME/.mh_profile && type -p install-mh > /dev/null 2>&1; then
     install-mh -auto < /dev/null
 fi
 %patch22
+%patch23
 %patch24
 %if 0%{?suse_version} < 1130
 %patch1