1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/util/secmem.c b/util/secmem.c
index e1ec6c93c..dda84202a 100644
--- a/util/secmem.c
+++ b/util/secmem.c
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ lock_pool( void *p, size_t n )
        processes are clogging up the memory.  To get this problem out
        of the way we simply don't try to lock the memory at all.
        */    
-    err = EPERM;
+    errno = EPERM;
+    err = errno;
 # else /*!_AIX*/
     err = plock( DATLOCK );
     if( err && errno )