diff --git a/lib/nvmf/vfio_user.c b/lib/nvmf/vfio_user.c
index 585f34738..5af0d7301 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/vfio_user.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/vfio_user.c
@@ -4252,7 +4252,13 @@ nvmf_vfio_user_listen(struct spdk_nvmf_transport *transport,
 		ret = -1;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	vfu_setup_log(endpoint->vfu_ctx, vfio_user_log, vfio_user_get_log_level());
+
+	ret = vfu_setup_log(endpoint->vfu_ctx, vfio_user_log,
+			    vfio_user_get_log_level());
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 
 	ret = vfio_user_dev_info_fill(vu_transport, endpoint);
 	if (ret < 0) {
diff --git a/libvfio-user b/libvfio-user
index e036ac145..d307dbcab 160000
--- a/libvfio-user
+++ b/libvfio-user
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e036ac145acea1a5aa77879e978ac2fff909a657
+Subproject commit d307dbcab74aef3680ba99d7f836f2bc0b4bc81e