--- ./server/mpm/worker/worker.c~	2007-07-17 16:48:25.000000000 +0200
+++ ./server/mpm/worker/worker.c	2009-08-16 21:37:42.434261844 +0200
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@
     void *csd = NULL;
     apr_pool_t *ptrans = NULL;            /* Pool for per-transaction stuff */
     apr_pollset_t *pollset;
-    apr_status_t rv;
+    apr_status_t rv, status;
     ap_listen_rec *lr;
     int have_idle_worker = 0;
     int last_poll_idx = 0;
@@ -606,7 +606,12 @@
     free(ti);
 
     /* ### check the status */
-    (void) apr_pollset_create(&pollset, num_listensocks, tpool, 0);
+    status = apr_pollset_create(&pollset, num_listensocks, tpool, 0);
+    if (status != APR_SUCCESS) {
+        ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_EMERG, status, ap_server_conf,
+            "Couldn't create pollset in child");
+            clean_child_exit(APEXIT_CHILDSICK); /* assume temporary resource issue */
+    }
 
     for (lr = ap_listeners; lr != NULL; lr = lr->next) {
         apr_pollfd_t pfd = { 0 };
--- server/mpm/beos/beos.c~	2006-09-15 15:19:25.000000000 +0200
+++ server/mpm/beos/beos.c	2009-08-16 21:45:05.530884092 +0200
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@
     int worker_slot = (int)dummy;
     apr_allocator_t *allocator;
     apr_bucket_alloc_t *bucket_alloc;
-    apr_status_t rv = APR_EINIT;
+    apr_status_t rv = APR_EINIT, status;
     int last_poll_idx = 0;
     sigset_t sig_mask;
     int requests_this_child = 0;
@@ -463,7 +463,12 @@
     /* We add an extra socket here as we add the udp_sock we use for signalling
      * death. This gets added after the others.
      */
-    apr_pollset_create(&pollset, num_listening_sockets + 1, pworker, 0);
+    status = apr_pollset_create(&pollset, num_listening_sockets + 1, pworker, 0);
+    if (status != APR_SUCCESS) {
+        ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_EMERG, status, ap_server_conf,
+            "Couldn't create pollset in child");
+        clean_child_exit(APEXIT_CHILDSICK); /* assume temporary resource issue */
+    }
 
     for (lr = ap_listeners, i = num_listening_sockets; i--; lr = lr->next) {
         apr_pollfd_t pfd = {0};