diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/software_ddraw/evas_engine.c b/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/software_ddraw/evas_engine.c
index 29db61b395..17573fb9c4 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/software_ddraw/evas_engine.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/software_ddraw/evas_engine.c
@@ -330,8 +330,7 @@ module_open(Evas_Module *em)
    if(_evas_log_dom_module < 0)
      {
        EINA_LOG_ERR("Can not create a module log domain.");
-       free(info);
-       return NULL;
+       return 0;
      }
    /* store it for later use */
    func = pfunc;
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/software_gdi/evas_engine.c b/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/software_gdi/evas_engine.c
index 9b31e50e29..e1f7237908 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/software_gdi/evas_engine.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/software_gdi/evas_engine.c
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ module_open(Evas_Module *em)
    if(_evas_engine_soft_gdi_log_dom < 0)
      {
        EINA_LOG_ERR("Impossible to create a log domain for the Soft_GDI engine.\n");
-       return NULL;
+       return 0;
      }
    /* store it for later use */
    func = pfunc;
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/software_gdi/evas_engine.h b/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/software_gdi/evas_engine.h
index 086d1a1a82..78165974e3 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/software_gdi/evas_engine.h
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/software_gdi/evas_engine.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #undef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
 
-extern _evas_engine_soft_gdi_log_dom = -1;
+extern int _evas_engine_soft_gdi_log_dom;
 
 #ifdef ERR
 # undef ERR