diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 554201be..b95e005e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ AC_SUBST([OUR_LDFLAGS], "$with_ldflags")
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBUDEV], [libudev])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBSYSTEMD], [libsystemd >= 227])
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBRATBAG], [libratbag >= 0.2])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBRATBAG], [libratbag >= 0.4])
 
 PKG_CHECK_VAR([libratbag_data_dir], [libratbag], [pkgdatadir],
 	      [AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([LIBRATBAG_DATA_DIR], ["$libratbag_data_dir"], [Directory for libratbag's SVG files])])
diff --git a/src/ratbagd.c b/src/ratbagd.c
index ca5347ef..172dda8c 100644
--- a/src/ratbagd.c
+++ b/src/ratbagd.c
@@ -212,10 +212,13 @@ static void ratbagd_process_device(struct ratbagd *ctx,
 	} else if (device) {
 		/* device already known, refresh our view of the device */
 	} else {
+		enum ratbag_error_code error;
+
 		/* device unknown, create new one and link it */
-		lib_device = ratbag_device_new_from_udev_device(ctx->lib_ctx,
-								udevice);
-		if (!lib_device)
+		error = ratbag_device_new_from_udev_device(ctx->lib_ctx,
+							   udevice,
+							   &lib_device);
+		if (error != RATBAG_SUCCESS)
 			return; /* unsupported device */
 
 		r = ratbagd_device_new(&device, ctx, name, lib_device);