diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ed46fec135..09de626ac6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Fri Jul 25 10:39:54 CEST 2008 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/qemu_driver.c: Guido Trotter pointed out a wrong open() failure
+	  detection
+
 Fri Jul 25 08:36:18 CEST 2008 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
 
 	* docs/libvirt.rng: patch from John Levon fixing various patterns
diff --git a/src/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu_driver.c
index f706819547..9bd059a45e 100644
--- a/src/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu_driver.c
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ static int qemudOpenMonitor(virConnectPtr conn,
     char buf[1024];
     int ret = -1;
 
-    if (!(monfd = open(monitor, O_RDWR))) {
+    if ((monfd = open(monitor, O_RDWR)) < 0) {
         qemudReportError(conn, NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                          _("Unable to open monitor path %s"), monitor);
         return -1;