Index: /trunk/src/libs/xpcom18a4/ipc/ipcd/extensions/dconnect/src/ipcDConnectService.cpp
===================================================================
--- /trunk/src/libs/xpcom18a4/ipc/ipcd/extensions/dconnect/src/ipcDConnectService.cpp	(revision 15973)
+++ /trunk/src/libs/xpcom18a4/ipc/ipcd/extensions/dconnect/src/ipcDConnectService.cpp	(revision 15974)
@@ -2902,8 +2902,22 @@
     return NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
 
+#ifdef VBOX
+  /* The DConnectWorker::Run method checks the ipcDConnectService::mDisconnected.
+   * So mDisconnect must be set here to avoid an immediate exit of the worker thread.
+   */
+  mDisconnected = PR_FALSE;
+#endif /* VBOX */
+
   // create a single worker thread
   rv = CreateWorker();
   if (NS_FAILED(rv))
-      return rv;
+#ifndef VBOX
+    return rv;
+#else /* VBOX */
+  {
+    mDisconnected = PR_TRUE;
+    return rv;
+  }
+#endif /* VBOX */
 
 #endif