diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5b92497f47..10ccfe304e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Mon Mar 17 11:10:22 EDT 2008 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/storage_driver.c: Don't crash if backend is missing the
+	startPool operation, and run refreshPool when creating an
+	unmanaged pool
+
 Mon Mar 17 11:09:22 EDT 2008 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/storage_backend.c: Cope with missing SELinux context
diff --git a/src/storage_driver.c b/src/storage_driver.c
index 2fa06af21c..fc3db4cd07 100644
--- a/src/storage_driver.c
+++ b/src/storage_driver.c
@@ -416,8 +416,12 @@ storagePoolCreate(virConnectPtr conn,
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    if (backend->startPool(conn, pool) < 0) {
-        virStoragePoolObjRemove(driver, pool);
+    if (backend->startPool &&
+        backend->startPool(conn, pool) < 0)
+        return NULL;
+    if (backend->refreshPool(conn, pool) < 0) {
+        if (backend->stopPool)
+            backend->stopPool(conn, pool);
         return NULL;
     }
     pool->active = 1;