diff --git a/ospfd/ChangeLog b/ospfd/ChangeLog
index 82e745c..c9bdff6 100644
--- a/ospfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/ospfd/ChangeLog
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 	* ospf_ia.c: (ospf_update_router_route) ospf->backbone could be
 	  NULL when passed to ospf_find_asbr_route_through_area,
 	  check for NULL first, CID #14.
+	* ospf_ism.c: (ism_change_state) NULL check on oi->area is
+	  useless, it's always valid. Only possibility where it
+ 	  couldn't be is if there is a race between abr_task and
+	  cleaning up oi's, in which case a NULL check here isn't going
+	  to do anything. Fixes CID #15.
 
 2006-05-11 Paul Jakma <paul.jakma@sun.com>
 
diff --git a/ospfd/ospf_ism.c b/ospfd/ospf_ism.c
index f65c68c..0875e92 100644
--- a/ospfd/ospf_ism.c
+++ b/ospfd/ospf_ism.c
@@ -569,19 +569,16 @@
     ospf_check_abr_status (oi->ospf);
 
   /* Originate router-LSA. */
-  if (oi->area)
+  if (state == ISM_Down)
     {
-      if (state == ISM_Down)
-	{
-	  if (oi->area->act_ints > 0)
-	    oi->area->act_ints--;
-	}
-      else if (old_state == ISM_Down)
-	oi->area->act_ints++;
-
-      /* schedule router-LSA originate. */
-      ospf_router_lsa_timer_add (oi->area);
+      if (oi->area->act_ints > 0)
+        oi->area->act_ints--;
     }
+  else if (old_state == ISM_Down)
+    oi->area->act_ints++;
+
+  /* schedule router-LSA originate. */
+  ospf_router_lsa_timer_add (oi->area);
 
   /* Originate network-LSA. */
   if (old_state != ISM_DR && state == ISM_DR)