diff -r b2b44b1dfce1 -r bdf68342e1ce pidgin/gtkdocklet.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkdocklet.c	Sat Apr 14 19:38:21 2007 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/gtkdocklet.c	Sat Apr 14 23:47:24 2007 +0000
@@ -373,6 +373,10 @@
 {
 	PurpleSavedStatus *saved_status;
 	saved_status = purple_savedstatus_get_current();
+
+	if (purple_savedstatus_get_type(saved_status) == PURPLE_STATUS_AVAILABLE)
+		saved_status = purple_savedstatus_new(NULL, PURPLE_STATUS_AWAY);
+
 	pidgin_status_editor_show(FALSE,
 		purple_savedstatus_is_transient(saved_status) ? saved_status : NULL);
 }