diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog
index 4c6a5dc925e..372934b1938 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-09-16 Mikhail Khodjaiants
+	Bug 109785: "mi_cmd_var_create: unable to create variable object" when stepping out of stack frame.
+	* CStackFrame.java
+
 2005-09-09 Mikhail Khodjaiants
 	Bug 109206: Last register group is not added if it has only one register.
 	* CRegisterManager.java
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CStackFrame.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CStackFrame.java
index 593df825ed1..ee25f428bcf 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CStackFrame.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CStackFrame.java
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ public class CStackFrame extends CDebugElement implements ICStackFrame, IRestart
 	 * @see org.eclipse.debug.core.model.IStackFrame#getVariables()
 	 */
 	public IVariable[] getVariables() throws DebugException {
+		if ( isDisposed() ) {
+			return new IVariable[0];
+		}
 		ICGlobalVariable[] globals = getGlobals();
 		List vars = getVariables0();
 		List all = new ArrayList( globals.length + vars.size() );
@@ -120,6 +123,9 @@ public class CStackFrame extends CDebugElement implements ICStackFrame, IRestart
 	}
 
 	protected synchronized List getVariables0() throws DebugException {
+		if ( isDisposed() ) {
+			return Collections.EMPTY_LIST;
+		}
 		CThread thread = (CThread)getThread();
 		if ( thread.isSuspended() ) {
 			if ( fVariables == null ) {			
@@ -175,7 +181,7 @@ public class CStackFrame extends CDebugElement implements ICStackFrame, IRestart
 	 * @see org.eclipse.debug.core.model.IStackFrame#hasVariables()
 	 */
 	public boolean hasVariables() throws DebugException {
-		return getVariables0().size() > 0;
+		return ( isDisposed() ) ? false : getVariables0().size() > 0;
 	}
 
 	/* (non-Javadoc)
@@ -232,14 +238,14 @@ public class CStackFrame extends CDebugElement implements ICStackFrame, IRestart
 	 * @see org.eclipse.debug.core.model.IStackFrame#getRegisterGroups()
 	 */
 	public IRegisterGroup[] getRegisterGroups() throws DebugException {
-		return ((CDebugTarget)getDebugTarget()).getRegisterGroups( this );
+		return ( isDisposed() ) ? new IRegisterGroup[0] : ((CDebugTarget)getDebugTarget()).getRegisterGroups( this );
 	}
 
 	/* (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.eclipse.debug.core.model.IStackFrame#hasRegisterGroups()
 	 */
 	public boolean hasRegisterGroups() throws DebugException {
-		return ((CDebugTarget)getDebugTarget()).getRegisterGroups( this ).length > 0;
+		return ( isDisposed() ) ? false : ((CDebugTarget)getDebugTarget()).getRegisterGroups( this ).length > 0;
 	}
 
 	/* (non-Javadoc)