--- a/src/SDL_compat.c	Mon Sep 27 01:24:05 2010 -0700
+++ b/src/SDL_compat.c	Mon Sep 27 01:30:42 2010 -0700
@@ -320,12 +320,9 @@
         }
     }
     if (userdata == SDL_VideoSurface) {
-        if (SDL_SetDisplayPalette(palette->colors, 0, palette->ncolors) < 0) {
-        	/* The display surface not necessarily needs to have a palette.
-        	 * Just do nothing here and try to set the texture palette.
-        	 */
-            //return -1;
-        }
+        /* The display may not have a palette, but always set texture palette */
+        SDL_SetDisplayPalette(palette->colors, 0, palette->ncolors);
+
         if (SDL_SetTexturePalette
             (SDL_VideoTexture, palette->colors, 0, palette->ncolors) < 0) {
             return -1;