diff --git a/legacy/evas/ChangeLog b/legacy/evas/ChangeLog
index 377cec6622..7b488468ad 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/ChangeLog
+++ b/legacy/evas/ChangeLog
@@ -1067,3 +1067,7 @@
 
        * Add the object display mode hint. this can be used to check object
        mode like compress or expand or etc
+
+2012-10-03  Mike Blumenkrantz
+
+       * evas_object_del() now accepts NULL more peacefully
diff --git a/legacy/evas/NEWS b/legacy/evas/NEWS
index 5e25b5589a..0e0553b4dd 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/NEWS
+++ b/legacy/evas/NEWS
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ Improvements:
 
    * Function to rotate an evas map with a quaternion: evas_map_util_quat_rotate().
    * EVAS_GL_NO_BLACKLIST env var to turn off blacklisted drivers in gl
-   * Evas gl enigne can do partial swaps now.
+   * Evas gl engine can do partial swaps now.
+   * evas_object_del() now takes NULL parameters
 
 Fixes:
 
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_main.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_main.c
index de28893de3..990ddc6df2 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_main.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_main.c
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ evas_object_ref_get(const Evas_Object *obj)
 EAPI void
 evas_object_del(Evas_Object *obj)
 {
+   if (!obj) return;
    MAGIC_CHECK(obj, Evas_Object, MAGIC_OBJ);
    return;
    MAGIC_CHECK_END();