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-rw-r--r--dlfcn/dlerror.c5
-rw-r--r--dlfcn/errmsg1.c6
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/dlfcn/dlerror.c b/dlfcn/dlerror.c
index 6ce601d05b..59ee0b8c54 100644
--- a/dlfcn/dlerror.c
+++ b/dlfcn/dlerror.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static void free_key_mem (void *mem);
 char *
 dlerror (void)
 {
-  char *buf;
+  char *buf = NULL;
   struct dl_action_result *result;
 
   /* Get error string.  */
@@ -64,9 +64,8 @@ dlerror (void)
 	    free ((char *) result->errstring);
 	  result->errstring = NULL;
 	}
-      buf = NULL;
     }
-  else
+  else if (result->errstring != NULL)
     {
       buf = (char *) result->errstring;
       if (__asprintf (&buf, result->errcode != 0 ? "%s: %s: %s" : "%s: %s",
diff --git a/dlfcn/errmsg1.c b/dlfcn/errmsg1.c
index a7bb9b8272..b455ea97a5 100644
--- a/dlfcn/errmsg1.c
+++ b/dlfcn/errmsg1.c
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ main (void)
   void *h;
   const char *s;
 
+  /* Test that dlerror works initially.  */
+  s = dlerror ();
+  printf ("dlerror() without prior dl*() call returned: %s\n", s);
+  if (s != NULL)
+    return 1;
+
   h = dlopen ("errmsg1mod.so", RTLD_NOW);
   if (h != NULL)
     {