diff -r ed811e1aea80 -r e650ca347f69 pidgin/gtkdocklet.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkdocklet.c	Wed Jul 16 09:16:52 2008 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/gtkdocklet.c	Thu Jul 17 04:38:07 2008 +0000
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@
 						       PIDGIN_UNSEEN_TEXT,
 						       FALSE, max);
 
+	/* Short circuit if we have our information already */
+	if (max == 1 && l_im != NULL)
+		return l_im;
+
 	l_chat = pidgin_conversations_find_unseen_list(PURPLE_CONV_TYPE_CHAT,
 		 					 PIDGIN_UNSEEN_NICK,
 							 FALSE, max);
@@ -630,6 +634,7 @@
 }
 
 
+
 static void
 docklet_plugin_actions(GtkWidget *menu)
 {
@@ -665,7 +670,6 @@
 	if(c>0)
 		pidgin_separator(menu);
 }
-
 static void
 docklet_menu(void)
 {