Upstream: yes
https://github.com/stepmania/stepmania/commit/3f64564dd7c62a2f3d9557c1bdb8475fd953abea
--- a/src/MessageManager.cpp
+++ b/src/MessageManager.cpp
@@ -207,8 +207,7 @@ void MessageManager::Unsubscribe( IMessageSubscriber* pSubscriber, MessageID m )

 void MessageManager::Broadcast( Message &msg ) const
 {
-	// GAMESTATE is created before MESSAGEMAN, and has several BroadcastOnChangePtr members, so they all broadcast when they're initialized.
-	if(this != NULL && m_Logging)
+	if(m_Logging)
 	{
 		LOG->Trace("MESSAGEMAN:Broadcast: %s", msg.GetName().c_str());
 	}
--- a/src/StepMania.cpp
+++ b/src/StepMania.cpp
@@ -1041,8 +1041,10 @@ int sm_main(int argc, char* argv[])
 	// This needs PREFSMAN.
 	Dialog::Init();

-	// Create game objects
+	// Set up the messaging system early to have well defined code.
+	MESSAGEMAN	= new MessageManager;

+	// Create game objects
 	GAMESTATE	= new GameState;

 	// This requires PREFSMAN, for PREFSMAN->m_bShowLoadingWindow.
@@ -1162,7 +1164,6 @@ int sm_main(int argc, char* argv[])
 	SONGMAN->UpdatePopular();
 	SONGMAN->UpdatePreferredSort();
 	NSMAN 		= new NetworkSyncManager( pLoadingWindow );
-	MESSAGEMAN	= new MessageManager;
 	STATSMAN	= new StatsManager;

 	// Initialize which courses are ranking courses here.