diff -up cups-1.4.2/cups/dest.c.str3503 cups-1.4.2/cups/dest.c
--- cups-1.4.2/cups/dest.c.str3503	2010-02-23 19:20:32.000000000 +0100
+++ cups-1.4.2/cups/dest.c	2010-02-23 19:22:20.000000000 +0100
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ cupsGetNamedDest(http_t     *http,	/* I 
 
   if (!cups_get_sdests(http, op, name, 0, &dest))
   {
-    if (op == CUPS_GET_DEFAULT || name)
+    if (op == CUPS_GET_DEFAULT || (name && !set_as_default))
       return (NULL);
 
    /*