diff --git a/src/liblimb/obuffers.h/obuffers_adddbg.c b/src/liblimb/obuffers.h/obuffers_adddbg.c
index 6d2a65f..13f4d36 100644
--- a/src/liblimb/obuffers.h/obuffers_adddbg.c
+++ b/src/liblimb/obuffers.h/obuffers_adddbg.c
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ obuffers_adddbg(int fd)
 {
     if (buffer_dbg_.fd >= 0)
         return (errno = EADDRINUSE, 0);
-    if (!buffer_init(&buffer_dbg_, &fd_writev, fd, buf, sizeof(buf)))
+
+    buffer_init(&buffer_dbg_, &fd_writev, fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
+    if (!obuffers_addextra(&buffer_dbg_, OLVL_DEBUG)) {
+        buffer_dbg_.fd = -1;
         return 0;
-    return obuffers_addextra(&buffer_dbg_, OLVL_DEBUG);
+    }
+
+    return 1;
 }
diff --git a/src/liblimb/obuffers.h/obuffers_addlog.c b/src/liblimb/obuffers.h/obuffers_addlog.c
index 9e556dc..97a2d7a 100644
--- a/src/liblimb/obuffers.h/obuffers_addlog.c
+++ b/src/liblimb/obuffers.h/obuffers_addlog.c
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ obuffers_addlog(int fd)
 {
     if (buffer_log_.fd >= 0)
         return (errno = EADDRINUSE, 0);
-    if (!buffer_init(&buffer_log_, &fd_writev, fd, buf, sizeof(buf)))
+
+    buffer_init(&buffer_log_, &fd_writev, fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
+    if (!obuffers_addextra(&buffer_log_, OLVL_NORMAL)) {
+        buffer_log_.fd = -1;
         return 0;
-    return obuffers_addextra(&buffer_log_, OLVL_NORMAL);
+    }
+
+    return 1;
 }