diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 80600f814..4d64ee26c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-01-31  Emmanuele Bassi  <ebassi@openedhand.com>
+
+	* clutter/clutter-actor.c (clutter_actor_init): Explicitly
+	memset() to 0 the clip container, so if you get the clip without
+	having set it, you won't get garbage.
+
 2008-01-31  Rob Bradford  <rob@openedhand.com>
 
 	* clutter/x11/clutter-backend-x11-private.h:
diff --git a/clutter/clutter-actor.c b/clutter/clutter-actor.c
index ae7644156..f1ea369a3 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-actor.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-actor.c
@@ -2000,6 +2000,8 @@ clutter_actor_init (ClutterActor *self)
   priv->scale_y      = CFX_ONE;
   priv->shader_data     = NULL;
 
+  memset (priv->clip, 0, sizeof (ClutterUnit) * 4);
+
   clutter_actor_request_coords (self, &box);
 }