--- panels_node_content.module.bak	2009-01-08 14:44:24.000000000 +0100
+++ panels_node_content.module	2009-01-08 14:53:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -189,11 +189,11 @@ function panels_node_content_edit($id, $
  * Validate a node.
  */
 function panels_node_content_edit_validate($form, &$form_state) {
-  if (!$form_state['values']['validate_me']) {
+  if (!$form_state['validate_me']) {
     return;
   }
 
-  $nid = $form_state['values']['nid'];
+  $nid = $form_state['nid'];
   $preg_matches = array();
   $match = preg_match('/\[nid: (\d+)\]/', $nid, $preg_matches);
   if (!$match) {
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ function panels_node_content_edit_valida
     $node = db_fetch_object(db_query(db_rewrite_sql("SELECT n.nid FROM {node} n WHERE LOWER(n.title) = LOWER('%s')"), $nid));
   }
   if ($node) {
-    $form_state['values']['nid'] = $node->nid;
+    $form_state['nid'] = $node->nid;
   }
 
   if (!($node || preg_match('/^[@%]\d+$/', $nid))) {