--- channels/chan_alsa.c	(svn)
+++ channels/chan_alsa.c	(working copy)
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
 
 	if (cursound == -1)
 		return 0;
-	
+
 	res = total;
 	if (sampsent < sounds[cursound].samplen) {
 		myoff = 0;
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
-	
+
 	if (res == 0 || !frame)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@
 static struct ast_channel *alsa_new(struct chan_alsa_pvt *p, int state)
 {
 	struct ast_channel *tmp = NULL;
-	
+
 	if (!(tmp = ast_channel_alloc(1)))
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -1299,35 +1299,36 @@
 	memcpy(&global_jbconf, &default_jbconf, sizeof(struct ast_jb_conf));
 
 	strcpy(mohinterpret, "default");
+	if (!(cfg = ast_config_load(config)))
+		return AST_MODULE_LOAD_DECLINE;
 
-	if ((cfg = ast_config_load(config))) {
-		v = ast_variable_browse(cfg, "general");
-		for (; v; v = v->next) {
-			/* handle jb conf */
-			if (!ast_jb_read_conf(&global_jbconf, v->name, v->value))
-				continue;
+	v = ast_variable_browse(cfg, "general");
+	for (; v; v = v->next) {
+		/* handle jb conf */
+		if (!ast_jb_read_conf(&global_jbconf, v->name, v->value))
+			continue;
 
-			if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "autoanswer"))
-				autoanswer = ast_true(v->value);
-			else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "silencesuppression"))
-				silencesuppression = ast_true(v->value);
-			else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "silencethreshold"))
-				silencethreshold = atoi(v->value);
-			else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "context"))
-				ast_copy_string(context, v->value, sizeof(context));
-			else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "language"))
-				ast_copy_string(language, v->value, sizeof(language));
-			else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "extension"))
-				ast_copy_string(exten, v->value, sizeof(exten));
-			else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "input_device"))
-				ast_copy_string(indevname, v->value, sizeof(indevname));
-			else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "output_device"))
-				ast_copy_string(outdevname, v->value, sizeof(outdevname));
-			else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "mohinterpret"))
-				ast_copy_string(mohinterpret, v->value, sizeof(mohinterpret));
-		}
-		ast_config_destroy(cfg);
+		if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "autoanswer"))
+			autoanswer = ast_true(v->value);
+		else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "silencesuppression"))
+			silencesuppression = ast_true(v->value);
+		else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "silencethreshold"))
+			silencethreshold = atoi(v->value);
+		else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "context"))
+			ast_copy_string(context, v->value, sizeof(context));
+		else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "language"))
+			ast_copy_string(language, v->value, sizeof(language));
+		else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "extension"))
+			ast_copy_string(exten, v->value, sizeof(exten));
+		else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "input_device"))
+			ast_copy_string(indevname, v->value, sizeof(indevname));
+		else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "output_device"))
+			ast_copy_string(outdevname, v->value, sizeof(outdevname));
+		else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "mohinterpret"))
+			ast_copy_string(mohinterpret, v->value, sizeof(mohinterpret));
 	}
+
+	ast_config_destroy(cfg);
 	res = pipe(sndcmd);
 	if (res) {
 		ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Unable to create pipe\n");
@@ -1339,7 +1340,7 @@
 			ast_verbose(VERBOSE_PREFIX_2 "No sound card detected -- console channel will be unavailable\n");
 			ast_verbose(VERBOSE_PREFIX_2 "Turn off ALSA support by adding 'noload=chan_alsa.so' in /etc/asterisk/modules.conf\n");
 		}
-		return 0;
+		return AST_MODULE_LOAD_DECLINE;
 	}
 
 	res = ast_channel_register(&alsa_tech);