diff -r 9aa978699dbc -r 76f90ca8f6f2 pidgin/gtkaccount.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkaccount.c	Sat Apr 18 07:00:20 2009 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/gtkaccount.c	Sat Apr 18 07:31:32 2009 +0000
@@ -413,7 +413,11 @@
 
 	if (dialog->protocol_menu != NULL)
 	{
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,12,0)
+		g_object_ref(G_OBJECT(dialog->protocol_menu));
+#else
 		gtk_widget_ref(dialog->protocol_menu);
+#endif
 		hbox = g_object_get_data(G_OBJECT(dialog->protocol_menu), "container");
 		gtk_container_remove(GTK_CONTAINER(hbox), dialog->protocol_menu);
 	}
@@ -440,13 +444,21 @@
 	{
 		dialog->protocol_menu = pidgin_protocol_option_menu_new(
 				dialog->protocol_id, G_CALLBACK(set_account_protocol_cb), dialog);
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,12,0)
+		g_object_ref(G_OBJECT(dialog->protocol_menu));
+#else
 		gtk_widget_ref(dialog->protocol_menu);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	hbox = add_pref_box(dialog, vbox, _("Pro_tocol:"), dialog->protocol_menu);
 	g_object_set_data(G_OBJECT(dialog->protocol_menu), "container", hbox);
 
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,12,0)
+	g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(dialog->protocol_menu));
+#else
 	gtk_widget_unref(dialog->protocol_menu);
+#endif
 
 	/* Username */
 	dialog->username_entry = gtk_entry_new();