diff -up evolution-2.26.1/widgets/misc/e-attachment-bar.c.attachment-bar-crasher evolution-2.26.1/widgets/misc/e-attachment-bar.c
--- evolution-2.26.1/widgets/misc/e-attachment-bar.c.attachment-bar-crasher	2009-04-14 12:49:45.000000000 -0400
+++ evolution-2.26.1/widgets/misc/e-attachment-bar.c	2009-04-14 12:50:54.000000000 -0400
@@ -450,6 +450,8 @@ update (EAttachmentBar *bar)
 				if (desc)
 					desc = g_strdup (desc);
 			}
+		} else {
+			desc = g_strdup (desc);
 		}
 
 		if (!desc)