Index: modules/pam_tally/pam_tally.c
===================================================================
--- modules/pam_tally/pam_tally.c
+++ modules/pam_tally/pam_tally.c	2009-03-08 01:22:16.000000000 +0100
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@
       }
       lstat_ret = fstat(fileno(*TALLY),&fileinfo);
       fclose(*TALLY);
+      *TALLY = NULL;
     }
 
     if ( lstat_ret ) {
@@ -350,6 +351,7 @@
     if ( fseeko( *TALLY, (off_t) uid * sizeof(struct faillog), SEEK_SET ) ) {
           pam_syslog(pamh, LOG_ALERT, "fseek failed for %s", filename);
           fclose(*TALLY);
+          *TALLY = NULL;
           return PAM_AUTH_ERR;
     }
 
@@ -398,6 +400,7 @@
     }
 
     if ( fclose(*TALLY) ) {
+      *TALLY = NULL;
       pam_syslog(pamh, LOG_ALERT, "update (fclose) failed for %s", filename);
       return PAM_AUTH_ERR;
     }