diff --git a/sysdeps/linux/ChangeLog b/sysdeps/linux/ChangeLog
index 8a2d7985..f1bb5b09 100644
--- a/sysdeps/linux/ChangeLog
+++ b/sysdeps/linux/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-10-29  Benoît Dejean  <benoit@placenet.org>
+
+	* glibtop_private.c: (read_boot_time):
+
+	Removed 1 g_return_*.
+
 2005-08-15  Benoît Dejean  <benoit@placenet.org>
 
 	* cpu.c: (glibtop_get_cpu_s):
diff --git a/sysdeps/linux/glibtop_private.c b/sysdeps/linux/glibtop_private.c
index 2deea49c..0ff47a62 100644
--- a/sysdeps/linux/glibtop_private.c
+++ b/sysdeps/linux/glibtop_private.c
@@ -109,7 +109,10 @@ read_boot_time(glibtop *server)
 
 	btime = strstr(buffer, "btime");
 
-	g_return_val_if_fail(btime != NULL, 0UL);
+	if (!btime) {
+		glibtop_warn_io_r(server, "cannot find btime in /proc/stat");
+		return 0UL;
+	}
 
 	btime = skip_token(btime);
 	return strtoul(btime, NULL, 10);