2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/shared/dbus-common.c b/src/shared/dbus-common.c
index e161273cd8..ddb50b1eca 100644
--- a/src/shared/dbus-common.c
+++ b/src/shared/dbus-common.c
@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@ int bus_connect_system_polkit(DBusConnection **_bus, DBusError *error) {
 }
 
 const char *bus_error_message(const DBusError *error) {
-        assert(error);
+        if (!error)
+                return NULL;
 
         /* Sometimes the D-Bus server is a little bit too verbose with
          * its error messages, so let's override them here */
@@ -255,6 +256,14 @@ const char *bus_error_message(const DBusError *error) {
         return error->message;
 }
 
+const char *bus_error_message_or_strerror(const DBusError *error, int err) {
+
+        if (error && dbus_error_is_set(error))
+                return bus_error_message(error);
+
+        return strerror(err);
+}
+
 DBusHandlerResult bus_default_message_handler(
                 DBusConnection *c,
                 DBusMessage *message,
diff --git a/src/shared/dbus-common.h b/src/shared/dbus-common.h
index edb8107347..9ae35df9c5 100644
--- a/src/shared/dbus-common.h
+++ b/src/shared/dbus-common.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ int bus_connect_system_ssh(const char *user, const char *host, DBusConnection **
 int bus_connect_system_polkit(DBusConnection **_bus, DBusError *error);
 
 const char *bus_error_message(const DBusError *error);
+const char *bus_error_message_or_strerror(const DBusError *error, int err);
 
 typedef int (*BusPropertyCallback)(DBusMessageIter *iter, const char *property, void *data);
 typedef int (*BusPropertySetCallback)(DBusMessageIter *iter, const char *property, void *data);