diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2742583a..032897cb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Jun 02 16:25:32 HKT 2004 William Brack <wbrack@mmm.com.hk>
+
+	* xpath.c: fixed problem with predicate evaluation on an
+	  empty nodeset (bug 143409)
+
 Wed Jun 02 11:26:41 HKT 2004 William Brack <wbrack@mmm.com.hk>
 
 	* testSAX.c: fixed problem with attribute listing (bug 142674)
diff --git a/xpath.c b/xpath.c
index 9b58fa29..9bbfdce9 100644
--- a/xpath.c
+++ b/xpath.c
@@ -10592,6 +10592,7 @@ xmlXPathCompOpEval(xmlXPathParserContextPtr ctxt, xmlXPathStepOpPtr op)
                 if ((oldset == NULL) || (oldset->nodeNr == 0)) {
                     ctxt->context->contextSize = 0;
                     ctxt->context->proximityPosition = 0;
+/*
                     if (op->ch2 != -1)
                         total +=
                             xmlXPathCompOpEval(ctxt,
@@ -10600,6 +10601,7 @@ xmlXPathCompOpEval(xmlXPathParserContextPtr ctxt, xmlXPathStepOpPtr op)
                     res = valuePop(ctxt);
                     if (res != NULL)
                         xmlXPathFreeObject(res);
+*/
                     valuePush(ctxt, obj);
                     ctxt->context->node = oldnode;
                     CHECK_ERROR0;