diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 55d4630d8b..c50c3b6544 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-01-21  Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)
+
+        * Fix xsync problem in ecore_x_image_get() where prior errors
+        can get caught.
+
 2013-01-18  Jihoon Kim (jihoon)
 
 	* edje entry: remove ecore_imf_context_reset in mouse up event because it's useless.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 48b660d99a..aae56af8cd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -122,3 +122,4 @@ Fixes:
     * Evas text: Fixed issue with horiz advance.
     * Evas text utils: Fixed issue with no-harfbuzz bidi.
     * Fixed pixman surface alloc where allocated and image size differ.
+    * Fixed x11 error sync issue with ecore_x_image_get()
diff --git a/src/lib/ecore_x/xlib/ecore_x_image.c b/src/lib/ecore_x/xlib/ecore_x_image.c
index e8319b9370..97606f50b1 100644
--- a/src/lib/ecore_x/xlib/ecore_x_image.c
+++ b/src/lib/ecore_x/xlib/ecore_x_image.c
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ ecore_x_image_get(Ecore_X_Image *im,
           return 0;
 
         _ecore_x_image_err = 0;
+        
+        ecore_x_sync();
         // optimised path
         ph = XSetErrorHandler((XErrorHandler)_ecore_x_image_error_handler);
         if ((sx == 0) && (w == im->w))