diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 14a089df0..67efe16d2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
    b4soimdel.c b4soimpar.c b4soinoi.c b4soipar.c b4soipzld.c
    b4soiset.c b4soitemp.c b4soitrunc.c:
    update to BSIM4SOI vers. 4.3.1
+ * misc/tilde.c: return path NULL added  
 
 2010-05-30 Holger Vogt
  * xgraph/dialog.c: fcn getline renamed to getline_xgraph
diff --git a/src/misc/tilde.c b/src/misc/tilde.c
index ee3ec8e02..6d541a0ab 100644
--- a/src/misc/tilde.c
+++ b/src/misc/tilde.c
@@ -83,5 +83,6 @@ tildexpand(char *string)
        return copy(string);
     }
 #endif
+	return NULL;
 }