diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore.c
index 7fbe943022..5dfe3d6fa0 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore.c
@@ -228,6 +228,12 @@ ecore_shutdown(void)
     * take a lock here because _ecore_event_shutdown() does callbacks
     */
      _ecore_lock();
+     if (_ecore_init_count <= 0)
+       {
+          ERR("Init count not greater than 0 in shutdown.");
+          _ecore_unlock();
+          return 0;
+       }
      if (--_ecore_init_count != 0)
        goto unlock;
    
diff --git a/legacy/edje/src/lib/edje_main.c b/legacy/edje/src/lib/edje_main.c
index 846daf5087..98b4647a39 100644
--- a/legacy/edje/src/lib/edje_main.c
+++ b/legacy/edje/src/lib/edje_main.c
@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ _edje_lib_unref(void)
 EAPI int
 edje_shutdown(void)
 {
+   if (_edje_init_count <= 0)
+     {
+        ERR("Init count not greater than 0 in shutdown.");
+        return 0;
+     }
    if (--_edje_init_count != 0)
      return _edje_init_count;
 
diff --git a/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_lib.c b/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_lib.c
index a350d11f3c..bef99b30c0 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_lib.c
+++ b/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_lib.c
@@ -633,6 +633,11 @@ shutdown_eina:
 EAPI int
 eet_shutdown(void)
 {
+   if (eet_init_count <= 0)
+     {
+        ERR("Init count not greater than 0 in shutdown.");
+        return 0;
+     }
    if (--eet_init_count != 0)
      return eet_init_count;
 
diff --git a/legacy/eeze/src/lib/eeze_main.c b/legacy/eeze/src/lib/eeze_main.c
index e1fe7f0842..b9954cfd31 100644
--- a/legacy/eeze/src/lib/eeze_main.c
+++ b/legacy/eeze/src/lib/eeze_main.c
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ eina_fail:
 EAPI int
 eeze_shutdown(void)
 {
+   if (_eeze_init_count <= 0)
+     {
+        EINA_LOG_ERR("Init count not greater than 0 in shutdown.");
+        return 0;
+     }
    if (--_eeze_init_count != 0)
      return _eeze_init_count;
 
diff --git a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet.c b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet.c
index dde421cd78..42a49d548c 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet.c
+++ b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet.c
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ shutdown_eina:
 EAPI int
 efreet_shutdown(void)
 {
+    if (_efreet_init_count <= 0)
+      {
+         ERR("Init count not greater than 0 in shutdown.");
+         return 0;
+      }
     if (--_efreet_init_count != 0)
         return _efreet_init_count;
 
diff --git a/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_main.c b/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_main.c
index 5cf77e726d..2dc9b303ab 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_main.c
+++ b/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_main.c
@@ -307,6 +307,11 @@ eina_init(void)
 EAPI int
 eina_shutdown(void)
 {
+   if (_eina_main_count <= 0)
+     {
+        ERR("Init count not greater than 0 in shutdown.");
+        return 0;
+     }
    _eina_main_count--;
    if (EINA_UNLIKELY(_eina_main_count == 0))
      {
diff --git a/legacy/eio/src/lib/eio_main.c b/legacy/eio/src/lib/eio_main.c
index 37ed701969..47ea55bb63 100644
--- a/legacy/eio/src/lib/eio_main.c
+++ b/legacy/eio/src/lib/eio_main.c
@@ -236,6 +236,11 @@ eio_shutdown(void)
    Eio_Progress *pg;
    Eio_File_Associate *asso;
 
+   if (_eio_count <= 0)
+     {
+        EINA_LOG_ERR("Init count not greater than 0 in shutdown.");
+        return 0;
+     }
    _eio_count--;
 
    if (_eio_count > 0) return _eio_count;
diff --git a/legacy/embryo/src/lib/embryo_main.c b/legacy/embryo/src/lib/embryo_main.c
index 0b01b11141..3c57ec7c37 100644
--- a/legacy/embryo/src/lib/embryo_main.c
+++ b/legacy/embryo/src/lib/embryo_main.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # include "config.h"
 #endif
 
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
@@ -29,6 +30,11 @@ embryo_init(void)
 EAPI int
 embryo_shutdown(void)
 {
+   if (_embryo_init_count <= 0)
+     {
+        printf("%s:%i Init count not greater than 0 in shutdown.", __FUNCTION__, __LINE__);
+        return 0;
+     }
    if (--_embryo_init_count != 0)
      return _embryo_init_count;
 
diff --git a/legacy/emotion/src/lib/emotion_main.c b/legacy/emotion/src/lib/emotion_main.c
index a5e9694b80..74c6eebbd4 100644
--- a/legacy/emotion/src/lib/emotion_main.c
+++ b/legacy/emotion/src/lib/emotion_main.c
@@ -383,6 +383,11 @@ emotion_shutdown(void)
 {
    Emotion_Webcam *ew;
 
+   if (_emotion_webcams_count <= 0)
+     {
+        EINA_LOG_ERR("Init count not greater than 0 in shutdown.");
+        return EINA_FALSE;
+     }
    if (--_emotion_webcams_count) return EINA_TRUE;
 
    EINA_LIST_FREE(_emotion_webcams->webcams, ew)
diff --git a/legacy/ethumb/src/lib/ethumb.c b/legacy/ethumb/src/lib/ethumb.c
index 07ac716ac7..973f5e657c 100644
--- a/legacy/ethumb/src/lib/ethumb.c
+++ b/legacy/ethumb/src/lib/ethumb.c
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@ ethumb_init(void)
 EAPI int
 ethumb_shutdown(void)
 {
+   if (initcount <= 0)
+     {
+        EINA_LOG_ERR("Init count not greater than 0 in shutdown.");
+        return 0;
+     }
    initcount--;
    if (initcount == 0)
      {
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_main.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_main.c
index b02405d08d..271ccd7d9c 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_main.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_main.c
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ evas_init(void)
 EAPI int
 evas_shutdown(void)
 {
+   if (_evas_init_count <= 0)
+     {
+        EINA_LOG_ERR("Init count not greater than 0 in shutdown.");
+        return 0;
+     }
    if (--_evas_init_count != 0)
      return _evas_init_count;