diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index 5f1e501..38ed81a 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ Bug fixes:
   (problem reported by Morgan).
 - Fixed problem with turning off bar outline (issue 253, fix by Jordi
   Castells).
+- Check the selection passed into setSelection in the selection
+  plugin, to guard against errors when synchronizing plots (fix by Lau
+  Bech Lauritzen).
 
 Flot 0.6
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diff --git a/jquery.flot.selection.js b/jquery.flot.selection.js
index da81c92..8cf8296 100644
--- a/jquery.flot.selection.js
+++ b/jquery.flot.selection.js
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ The plugin allso adds the following methods to the plot object:
 
             selection.show = true;
             plot.triggerRedrawOverlay();
-            if (!preventEvent)
+            if (!preventEvent && selectionIsSane())
                 triggerSelectedEvent();
         }