diff --git a/lib/getulong.c b/lib/getulong.c
index 61579cae..08d2c1a8 100644
--- a/lib/getulong.c
+++ b/lib/getulong.c
@@ -44,22 +44,19 @@
  */
 int getulong (const char *numstr, /*@out@*/unsigned long int *result)
 {
-	long long int val;
+	unsigned long int val;
 	char *endptr;
 
 	errno = 0;
-	val = strtoll (numstr, &endptr, 0);
+	val = strtoul (numstr, &endptr, 0);
 	if (    ('\0' == *numstr)
 	     || ('\0' != *endptr)
 	     || (ERANGE == errno)
-	     /*@+ignoresigns@*/
-	     || (val != (unsigned long int)val)
-	     /*@=ignoresigns@*/
 	   ) {
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	*result = (unsigned long int)val;
+	*result = val;
 	return 1;
 }