diff -r 579e9a8dbd5f -r 8efd73063ecf pidgin/gtkutils.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkutils.c	Tue Jul 09 15:42:36 2013 +0530
+++ b/pidgin/gtkutils.c	Tue Jul 09 15:48:17 2013 +0530
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@
 			break;
 		}
 
-		buddy = purple_find_buddy(data->account, data->who);
+		buddy = purple_blist_find_buddy(data->account, data->who);
 		if (!buddy) {
 			purple_debug_info("custom-icon", "You can only set custom icons for people on your buddylist.\n");
 			break;