diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3fefe63a9..2cb7aa207 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2010-11-16 Holger Vogt
+* linear.c: prevent loop in case of vector not found 
+
 2010-11-16  Robert Larice
  * src/Makefile.am :
     fix another missing dependencies problem
diff --git a/src/frontend/linear.c b/src/frontend/linear.c
index 4c6ead78a..18d527f96 100644
--- a/src/frontend/linear.c
+++ b/src/frontend/linear.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ com_linearize(wordlist *wl)
             if (!v) {
                 fprintf(cp_err, "Error: no such vector %s\n",
                         wl->wl_word);
+                wl = wl->wl_next;
                 continue;
             }
             lincopy(v, newtime->v_realdata, len, oldtime);