diff --git a/lib/gssapi/krb5/release_name.c b/lib/gssapi/krb5/release_name.c
index 9597cb31c..042153a48 100644
--- a/lib/gssapi/krb5/release_name.c
+++ b/lib/gssapi/krb5/release_name.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997 - 2002 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
+ * Copyright (c) 1997 - 2003 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
  * (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden). 
  * All rights reserved. 
  *
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ OM_uint32 gss_release_name
            )
 {
     GSSAPI_KRB5_INIT ();
+    if (minor_status)
+      *minor_status = 0;
     krb5_free_principal(gssapi_krb5_context,
 			*input_name);
     *input_name = GSS_C_NO_NAME;
diff --git a/lib/gssapi/release_name.c b/lib/gssapi/release_name.c
index 9597cb31c..042153a48 100644
--- a/lib/gssapi/release_name.c
+++ b/lib/gssapi/release_name.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997 - 2002 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
+ * Copyright (c) 1997 - 2003 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
  * (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden). 
  * All rights reserved. 
  *
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ OM_uint32 gss_release_name
            )
 {
     GSSAPI_KRB5_INIT ();
+    if (minor_status)
+      *minor_status = 0;
     krb5_free_principal(gssapi_krb5_context,
 			*input_name);
     *input_name = GSS_C_NO_NAME;