Index: pvfs2/src/common/misc/pint-util.c
diff -u pvfs2/src/common/misc/pint-util.c:1.21 pvfs2/src/common/misc/pint-util.c:1.23
--- pvfs2/src/common/misc/pint-util.c:1.21	Fri Jul 20 15:37:05 2007
+++ pvfs2/src/common/misc/pint-util.c	Wed Oct 24 12:29:07 2007
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
             {
                 assert(src->u.meta.dist_size > 0);
 
-                if ((dest->mask & PVFS_ATTR_META_DIST))
+                if ((dest->mask & PVFS_ATTR_META_DIST) && dest->u.meta.dist)
                 {
                     PINT_dist_free(dest->u.meta.dist);
                 }
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@
                 if (attr->u.meta.dist)
                 {
                     PINT_dist_free(attr->u.meta.dist);
+                    memset(attr->u.meta.dist, 0, sizeof(struct PINT_dist_s));
                 }
             }
         }