1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/c_src/permdb.c b/c_src/permdb.c
index db4498f..ef25be5 100644
--- a/c_src/permdb.c
+++ b/c_src/permdb.c
@@ -432,14 +432,27 @@ permdb_alloc(const char *dbpath)
         }
 
         permdb_object *state = malloc(sizeof(permdb_object));
-        state->datafile = bf_open(dbpath, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, "datafile");
-        state->indexfile = bf_open(idxpath, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, "indexfile");
-
-        free(idxpath);
 
         state->nodecache = NULL;
         state->dirtynodes = NULL;
         state->error = NULL;
+
+        state->datafile = bf_open(dbpath, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, "datafile", 1);
+        if (state->datafile == NULL) {
+                permdb_free(state);
+                free(idxpath);
+                return NULL;
+        }
+
+        state->indexfile = bf_open(idxpath, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, "indexfile", 1);
+        if (state->indexfile == NULL) {
+                permdb_free(state);
+                free(idxpath);
+                return NULL;
+        }
+
+        free(idxpath);
+
         if (bf_total_length(state->datafile) == 0
             && bf_total_length(state->indexfile) == 0) {
                 dprintf(WRITE, (stderr, "writing header\n"));