2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/pacman/pacman.c b/src/pacman/pacman.c
index 730d9207..7f13f39e 100644
--- a/src/pacman/pacman.c
+++ b/src/pacman/pacman.c
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	/* Opening local database */
-	if(alpm_db_register("local", &db_local) == -1) {
+	db_local = alpm_db_register("local");
+	if(db_local == NULL) {
 		ERR(NL, "could not register 'local' database (%s)\n", alpm_strerror(pm_errno));
 		cleanup(1);
 	}
diff --git a/src/pacman/sync.c b/src/pacman/sync.c
index f16c3656..01a535cb 100644
--- a/src/pacman/sync.c
+++ b/src/pacman/sync.c
@@ -390,7 +390,8 @@ int pacman_sync(list_t *targets)
 	/* open the database(s) */
 	for(i = pmc_syncs; i; i = i->next) {
 		sync_t *sync = i->data;
-		if(alpm_db_register(sync->treename, &sync->db) == -1) {
+		sync->db = alpm_db_register(sync->treename);
+		if(sync->db == NULL) {
 			ERR(NL, "%s\n", alpm_strerror(pm_errno));
 			return(1);
 		}