diff --git a/src/vmware/vmware_conf.c b/src/vmware/vmware_conf.c

index 027e245..477dc72 100644

--- a/src/vmware/vmware_conf.c

+++ b/src/vmware/vmware_conf.c

@@ -271,17 +271,17 @@ vmwareExtractVersion(struct vmware_driver *driver)

 

     switch (driver->type) {

         case VMWARE_DRIVER_PLAYER:

-            if (virAsprintf(&bin, "%s/%s", vmwarePath, "vmplayer"))

+            if (virAsprintf(&bin, "%s/%s", vmwarePath, "vmplayer") < 0)

                 goto cleanup;

             break;

 

         case VMWARE_DRIVER_WORKSTATION:

-            if (virAsprintf(&bin, "%s/%s", vmwarePath, "vmware"))

+            if (virAsprintf(&bin, "%s/%s", vmwarePath, "vmware") < 0)

                 goto cleanup;

             break;

 

         case VMWARE_DRIVER_FUSION:

-            if (virAsprintf(&bin, "%s/%s", vmwarePath, "vmware-vmx"))

+            if (virAsprintf(&bin, "%s/%s", vmwarePath, "vmware-vmx") < 0)

                 goto cleanup;

             break;

 

@@ -293,6 +293,9 @@ vmwareExtractVersion(struct vmware_driver *driver)

 

     cmd = virCommandNewArgList(bin, "-v", NULL);

     virCommandSetOutputBuffer(cmd, &outbuf);

+    

+    // OS X 10.9.1 and some earlier ver: vmware-vmx reports ver to stderr   

+    virCommandSetErrorBuffer(cmd, &outbuf);

 

     if (virCommandRun(cmd, NULL) < 0)

         goto cleanup;