diff -up ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtfax.c.tif-fail-close ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtfax.c
--- ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtfax.c.tif-fail-close	2010-03-12 10:57:43.514750465 +0000
+++ ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtfax.c	2010-03-12 10:58:38.253627230 +0000
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ tfax_close(gx_device * pdev)
 {
     gx_device_tfax *const tfdev = (gx_device_tfax *)pdev;
 
-    TIFFCleanup(tfdev->tif);
+    if (tfdev->tif)
+        TIFFCleanup(tfdev->tif);
 
     return gdev_prn_close(pdev);
 }