1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/util/secmem.c b/util/secmem.c
index 2d260a382..91cd3eb99 100644
--- a/util/secmem.c
+++ b/util/secmem.c
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ 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 )