diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 3f6c3bee..39a9a87a 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-12-03  Andre Majorel  <amajorel@teaser.fr>
+
+	* host.c (lookup_host): Don't initialize TMPSTORE directly because
+	it's not legal C.
+
 2001-12-03  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@arsdigita.com>
 
 	* ftp-basic.c (ftp_port): Don't return HOSTERR if we fail getting
diff --git a/src/host.c b/src/host.c
index a769fd97..7285cfb6 100644
--- a/src/host.c
+++ b/src/host.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ lookup_host (const char *host, int silent)
   if ((int)addr != -1)
     {
       char tmpstore[IP4_ADDRESS_LENGTH];
-      char *lst[] = { tmpstore, NULL };
+      char *lst[2];
 
       /* ADDR is defined to be in network byte order, which is what
 	 this returns, so we can just copy it to STORE_IP.  However,
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ lookup_host (const char *host, int silent)
       offset = 0;
 #endif
       memcpy (tmpstore, (char *)&addr + offset, IP4_ADDRESS_LENGTH);
+      lst[0] = tmpstore;
+      lst[1] = NULL;
       return address_list_new (lst);
     }