diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiDialog.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiDialog.cpp
index f7271ad2bd..83a6fb88a7 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiDialog.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ namespace lyx {
 namespace frontend {
 
 GuiDialog::GuiDialog(GuiView & lv, QString const & name, QString const & title)
-	: QDialog(&lv), Dialog(lv, name, "LyX: " + title), is_closing_(false)
+	: QDialog(&lv), Dialog(lv, name, "LyX: " + title), updating_(false),
+	  is_closing_(false)
 {}
 
 
diff --git a/status.16x b/status.16x
index 5ba9743279..0e1ead5963 100644
--- a/status.16x
+++ b/status.16x
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ What's new
 
 - Fix of painter glitches caused by unitialized variables (bug 6077).
 
+- Fix unitialized variable in Dialog code (bug 6081).
+
 
 * DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION