diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_structures.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_structures.py
index bb56a618503..8a4531db936 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_structures.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_structures.py
@@ -371,5 +371,15 @@ class PointerMemberTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         items = [s.array[i] for i in range(3)]
         self.failUnlessEqual(items, [1, 2, 3])
 
+    def test_none_to_pointer_fields(self):
+        class S(Structure):
+            _fields_ = [("x", c_int),
+                        ("p", POINTER(c_int))]
+
+        s = S()
+        s.x = 12345678
+        s.p = None
+        self.failUnlessEqual(s.x, 12345678)
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 157c1653f5d..a0266c4ec5c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ Core and builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Assigning None to pointer type fields in ctypes structures possible
+  overwrote the wrong fields, this is fixed now.
+
 - Fixed a segfault in _ctypes when ctypes.wintypes were imported
   on non-Windows platforms.
 
diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c b/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
index f786ead4bae..b3329321efa 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
@@ -2187,7 +2187,7 @@ _CData_set(CDataObject *dst, PyObject *type, SETFUNC setfunc, PyObject *value,
 			Py_DECREF(ob);
 			return result;
 		} else if (value == Py_None && PointerTypeObject_Check(type)) {
-			*(void **)dst->b_ptr = NULL;
+			*(void **)ptr = NULL;
 			Py_INCREF(Py_None);
 			return Py_None;
 		} else {