diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 733317ea83..7854b60a1a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 1639.	[func]		Initial dlv system test.
 
-1638.	[placeholder]	rt113347
-
+1638.	[bug]		"ixfr-from-differences" could generate a REQUIRE
+			failure if the journal open failed. [RT #11347]
+			
 1637.	[bug]		Node reference leak on error in addnoqname().
 
 1636.	[bug]		The dump done callback could get ISC_R_SUCCESS even if
diff --git a/lib/dns/journal.c b/lib/dns/journal.c
index 95c8bc577a..5930af4fe0 100644
--- a/lib/dns/journal.c
+++ b/lib/dns/journal.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: journal.c,v 1.87 2004/05/11 22:20:13 marka Exp $ */
+/* $Id: journal.c,v 1.88 2004/05/14 05:08:00 marka Exp $ */
 
 #include <config.h>
 
@@ -1822,10 +1822,16 @@ dns_db_diff(isc_mem_t *mctx,
 	dns_fixedname_init(&fixname[0]);
 	dns_fixedname_init(&fixname[1]);
 
-	CHECK(dns_journal_open(mctx, journal_filename, ISC_TRUE, &journal));
+	result = dns_journal_open(mctx, journal_filename, ISC_TRUE, &journal);
+	if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+		return (result);
 
-	CHECK(dns_db_createiterator(db[0], ISC_FALSE, &dbit[0]));
-	CHECK(dns_db_createiterator(db[1], ISC_FALSE, &dbit[1]));
+	result = dns_db_createiterator(db[0], ISC_FALSE, &dbit[0]);
+	if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+		goto cleanup_journal;
+	result = dns_db_createiterator(db[1], ISC_FALSE, &dbit[1]);
+	if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS)
+		goto cleanup_interator0;
 
 	itresult[0] = dns_dbiterator_first(dbit[0]);
 	itresult[1] = dns_dbiterator_first(dbit[1]);
@@ -1898,8 +1904,10 @@ dns_db_diff(isc_mem_t *mctx,
 
  failure:
 	dns_diff_clear(&resultdiff);
-	dns_dbiterator_destroy(&dbit[0]);
 	dns_dbiterator_destroy(&dbit[1]);
+ cleanup_interator0:
+	dns_dbiterator_destroy(&dbit[0]);
+ cleanup_journal:
 	dns_journal_destroy(&journal);
 	return (result);
 }