--- poppler-0.12.4/poppler/Annot.cc	2010-01-17 01:06:58.000000000 +0100
+++ poppler-0.12.4/poppler/Annot.cc	2010-03-04 12:50:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -3173,7 +3173,10 @@ void AnnotWidget::generateFieldAppearanc
   obj1.free();
 
   // get the default appearance string
-  if (Form::fieldLookup(field, "DA", &obj1)->isNull()) {
+  if (Form::fieldLookup(annot, "DA", &obj1)->isNull()) {
+    obj1.free();
+  }
+  if (!obj1.isString() && Form::fieldLookup(field, "DA", &obj1)->isNull()) {
     obj1.free();
     acroForm->lookup("DA", &obj1);
   }