diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1f12e660..fcde3dfb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-06-14  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
+
+	* libmisc/getlong.c: Reset errno before calling strtol().
+	Otherwise, errno could be already set to ERANGE.
+
 2008-06-14  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
 
 	* libmisc/Makefile.am, libmisc/getrange.c: Added function to parse
diff --git a/libmisc/getlong.c b/libmisc/getlong.c
index 7ea3a80d..7c3d2ce0 100644
--- a/libmisc/getlong.c
+++ b/libmisc/getlong.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ int getlong(const char *numstr, long int *result)
 	long val;
 	char *endptr;
 
+	errno = 0;
 	val = strtol (numstr, &endptr, 10);
 	if (('\0' != *endptr) || (ERANGE == errno)) {
 		return 0;