diff --git a/.gnulib b/.gnulib
index a02ba4bf88..48fe477c90 160000
--- a/.gnulib
+++ b/.gnulib
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a02ba4bf889fee4622db87f185c3d0af84d74ae7
+Subproject commit 48fe477c9008efadab8cf8c0c3240d824c12a8b9
diff --git a/src/util/virfile.c b/src/util/virfile.c
index 8387ae9528..0f88cef09d 100644
--- a/src/util/virfile.c
+++ b/src/util/virfile.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * virfile.c: safer file handling
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2010-2012 Red Hat, Inc.
  * Copyright (C) 2010 IBM Corporation
  * Copyright (C) 2010 Stefan Berger
  * Copyright (C) 2010 Eric Blake
@@ -627,7 +627,8 @@ int virFileLoopDeviceAssociate(const char *file,
     virReportSystemError(ENOSYS,
                          _("Unable to associate file %s with loop device"),
                          file);
-    return -1;m
+    *dev = NULL;
+    return -1;
 }
 
 #endif /* __linux__ */