diff --git a/ghostscript-tif-fail-close.patch b/ghostscript-tif-fail-close.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..675578b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghostscript-tif-fail-close.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -up ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtfax.c.tif-fail-close ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtfax.c
+--- ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtfax.c.tif-fail-close	2010-03-12 10:57:43.514750465 +0000
++++ ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtfax.c	2010-03-12 10:58:38.253627230 +0000
+@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ tfax_close(gx_device * pdev)
+ {
+     gx_device_tfax *const tfdev = (gx_device_tfax *)pdev;
+ 
+-    TIFFCleanup(tfdev->tif);
++    if (tfdev->tif)
++        TIFFCleanup(tfdev->tif);
+ 
+     return gdev_prn_close(pdev);
+ }
diff --git a/ghostscript.spec b/ghostscript.spec
index dec1d4a..9a076f6 100644
--- a/ghostscript.spec
+++ b/ghostscript.spec
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Patch13: ghostscript-pdftoraster-exit.patch
 Patch14: ghostscript-ldflags.patch
 Patch15: ghostscript-pdf2dsc.patch
 Patch16: ghostscript-cups-realloc-color-depth.patch
+Patch17: ghostscript-tif-fail-close.patch
 
 Requires: urw-fonts >= 1.1, ghostscript-fonts
 BuildRequires: xz
@@ -154,6 +155,9 @@ rm -rf libpng zlib jpeg jasper
 # Reallocate memory in gdevcups when color depth changes (bug #563313).
 %patch16 -p1 -b .cups-realloc-color-depth
 
+# Don't segfault closing tiffg3 device if opening failed (bug #571520).
+%patch17 -p1 -b .tif-fail-close
+
 # Convert manual pages to UTF-8
 from8859_1() {
         iconv -f iso-8859-1 -t utf-8 < "$1" > "${1}_"
@@ -334,6 +338,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %changelog
 * Mon Mar 15 2010 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> 8.71-8
+- Don't segfault closing tiffg3 device if opening failed (bug #571520).
 - Don't revert gdevcups y-axis change (bug #541604).
 - Reallocate memory in gdevcups when color depth changes (bug #563313).