diff -rup libvirt-0.6.3/src/remote_internal.c libvirt-0.6.3.new/src/remote_internal.c
--- libvirt-0.6.3/src/remote_internal.c	2009-06-09 18:04:34.000000000 +0100
+++ libvirt-0.6.3.new/src/remote_internal.c	2009-06-09 18:04:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -4922,6 +4922,8 @@ remoteNodeDeviceDettach (virNodeDevicePt
 {
     int rv = -1;
     remote_node_device_dettach_args args;
+    /* This method is unusual in that it uses the HV driver, not the devMon driver
+     * hence its use of privateData, instead of devMonPrivateData */
     struct private_data *priv = dev->conn->privateData;
 
     remoteDriverLock(priv);
@@ -4945,6 +4947,8 @@ remoteNodeDeviceReAttach (virNodeDeviceP
 {
     int rv = -1;
     remote_node_device_re_attach_args args;
+    /* This method is unusual in that it uses the HV driver, not the devMon driver
+     * hence its use of privateData, instead of devMonPrivateData */
     struct private_data *priv = dev->conn->privateData;
 
     remoteDriverLock(priv);
@@ -4968,6 +4972,8 @@ remoteNodeDeviceReset (virNodeDevicePtr 
 {
     int rv = -1;
     remote_node_device_reset_args args;
+    /* This method is unusual in that it uses the HV driver, not the devMon driver
+     * hence its use of privateData, instead of devMonPrivateData */
     struct private_data *priv = dev->conn->privateData;
 
     remoteDriverLock(priv);
@@ -4995,7 +5001,7 @@ remoteNodeDeviceCreateXML(virConnectPtr 
     remote_node_device_create_xml_args args;
     remote_node_device_create_xml_ret ret;
     virNodeDevicePtr dev = NULL;
-    struct private_data *priv = conn->privateData;
+    struct private_data *priv = conn->devMonPrivateData;
 
     remoteDriverLock(priv);
 
@@ -5021,7 +5027,7 @@ remoteNodeDeviceDestroy(virNodeDevicePtr
 {
     int rv = -1;
     remote_node_device_destroy_args args;
-    struct private_data *priv = dev->conn->privateData;
+    struct private_data *priv = dev->conn->devMonPrivateData;
 
     remoteDriverLock(priv);