--- gpg.el~	Fri Jan 25 21:00:44 2002
+++ gpg.el	Wed Jan 29 02:20:50 2003
@@ -800,10 +800,11 @@
 (defun gpg-passphrase-forget ()
   "Forget stored passphrase."
   (interactive)
-  (cancel-timer gpg-passphrase-timer)
-  (setq gpg-passphrase-timer nil)
-  (gpg-passphrase-clear-string gpg-passphrase)
-  (setq gpg-passphrase nil))
+  (when gpg-passphrase
+    (cancel-timer gpg-passphrase-timer)
+    (setq gpg-passphrase-timer nil)
+    (gpg-passphrase-clear-string gpg-passphrase)
+    (setq gpg-passphrase nil)))
 
 (defun gpg-passphrase-store (passphrase)
   "Store PASSPHRASE in cache.