diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b7126f9dac..03a973f6a7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+Wed Mar 11 14:42:24 CET 2009 Daniel Veillard <veilard@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/xs_internal.c: fix xen events handling problem (Dan Berrange)
+
 Tue Mar 10 12:03:37 CET 2009 Daniel Veillard <veilard@redhat.com>
 
-	* src/xend_internal.c: fix an allocation problem in 
+	* src/xend_internal.c: fix an allocation problem in
 	  xenDaemonDomainLookupByName_ids
 
 Tue Mar 10 10:29:46 GMT 2009 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
diff --git a/src/xs_internal.c b/src/xs_internal.c
index 298bee802b..50cc575f80 100644
--- a/src/xs_internal.c
+++ b/src/xs_internal.c
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ xenStoreFindWatch(xenStoreWatchListPtr list,
 static void
 xenStoreWatchEvent(int watch ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                    int fd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                   int events ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                   int events,
                    void *data)
 {
     char		 **event;
@@ -1226,8 +1226,12 @@ xenStoreWatchEvent(int watch ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 
     virConnectPtr        conn = data;
     xenUnifiedPrivatePtr priv = (xenUnifiedPrivatePtr) conn->privateData;
+
     if(!priv) return;
 
+    /* only set a watch on read and write events */
+    if (events & (VIR_EVENT_HANDLE_ERROR | VIR_EVENT_HANDLE_HANGUP)) return;
+
     xenUnifiedLock(priv);
 
     if(!priv->xshandle)