diff -r b4bbfacd7f20 -r 83f52ce0929f pidgin/plugins/gevolution/gevo-util.c
--- a/pidgin/plugins/gevolution/gevo-util.c	Thu Mar 05 23:54:50 2009 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/plugins/gevolution/gevo-util.c	Sat Mar 07 01:23:51 2009 +0000
@@ -41,8 +41,12 @@
 		purple_blist_add_group(group, NULL);
 	}
 
-	buddy = purple_buddy_new(account, buddy_name, alias);
-	purple_blist_add_buddy(buddy, NULL, group, NULL);
+	if ((buddy = purple_find_buddy_in_group(account, buddy_name, group))) {
+	{	
+		buddy = purple_buddy_new(account, buddy_name, alias);
+		purple_blist_add_buddy(buddy, NULL, group, NULL);
+	}
+
 	purple_account_add_buddy(account, buddy);
 
 	if (conv != NULL)