diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/internal/ui/dialogfields/ComboDialogField.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/internal/ui/dialogfields/ComboDialogField.java
index e4be6c8267f..85fa7d643a6 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/internal/ui/dialogfields/ComboDialogField.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/internal/ui/dialogfields/ComboDialogField.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2005 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2007 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ public class ComboDialogField extends DialogField {
 	public void selectItem(int index) {
 		if (isOkToUse(fComboControl)) {
 			fComboControl.select(index);
+			fSelectionIndex= index;
 		} else {
 			if (index >= 0 && index < fItems.length) {
 				fText= fItems[index];