diff -Nur Pacemaker-1-0-49263d12452b.orig/crmd/lrm.c Pacemaker-1-0-49263d12452b/crmd/lrm.c
--- Pacemaker-1-0-49263d12452b.orig/crmd/lrm.c	2010-10-01 16:15:27.000000000 +0200
+++ Pacemaker-1-0-49263d12452b/crmd/lrm.c	2010-10-01 16:20:27.000000000 +0200
@@ -1462,16 +1462,14 @@
 		return op;
 	}
 
+	op->params = xml2list(rsc_op);
 	if(safe_str_neq(operation, RSC_STOP)) {
-	    op->params = xml2list(rsc_op);
 	    CRM_DEV_ASSERT(op->params != NULL);
-	} else {
-	    op->params = g_hash_table_new_full(
-		g_str_hash, g_str_equal,
-		g_hash_destroy_str, g_hash_destroy_str);
 	}
 
-	g_hash_table_remove(op->params, CRM_META"_op_target_rc");
+	if ( op->params ) {
+		g_hash_table_remove(op->params, CRM_META"_op_target_rc");
+	}
 
 	op_delay    = crm_meta_value(op->params, XML_OP_ATTR_START_DELAY);
 	op_timeout  = crm_meta_value(op->params, XML_ATTR_TIMEOUT);