1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/daemon/proto.c b/daemon/proto.c
index 3ca4316a..acd66017 100644
--- a/daemon/proto.c
+++ b/daemon/proto.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* libguestfs - the guestfsd daemon
- * Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat Inc. 
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat Inc.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -266,9 +266,14 @@ reply (xdrproc_t xdrp, char *ret)
   }
 
   if (xdrp) {
+    /* This can fail if the reply body is too large, for example
+     * if it exceeds the maximum message size.  In that case
+     * we want to return an error message instead. (RHBZ#509597).
+     */
     if (!(*xdrp) (&xdr, ret)) {
-      fprintf (stderr, "guestfsd: failed to encode reply body\n");
-      exit (1);
+      reply_with_perror ("guestfsd: failed to encode reply body\n");
+      xdr_destroy (&xdr);
+      return;
     }
   }