1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/pacman/pacman-conf.c b/src/pacman/pacman-conf.c
index ab73d896..4ffa24a3 100644
--- a/src/pacman/pacman-conf.c
+++ b/src/pacman/pacman-conf.c
@@ -400,7 +400,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	config = config_new();
+	if(!(config = config_new())) {
+		/* config_new prints the appropriate error message */
+		return 1;
+	}
 	parse_opts(argc, argv);
 	if(!config) {
 		ret = 1;