diff --git a/src/OVAL/probes/independent/sql57_probe.c b/src/OVAL/probes/independent/sql57_probe.c
index ce1466635c5..2b35750ee24 100644
--- a/src/OVAL/probes/independent/sql57_probe.c
+++ b/src/OVAL/probes/independent/sql57_probe.c
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ static int dbURIInfo_parse(dbURIInfo_t *info, const char *conn)
 			matchitem1(tok, 'c',
 				   "onnecttimeout", tmp);
 			if (tmp != NULL) {
+				errno = 0;
 				info->conn_timeout = strtol(tmp, NULL, 10);
 
 				if (errno == ERANGE || errno == EINVAL)
diff --git a/src/OVAL/probes/independent/sql_probe.c b/src/OVAL/probes/independent/sql_probe.c
index 2ede89d0315..71ba3c08c3b 100644
--- a/src/OVAL/probes/independent/sql_probe.c
+++ b/src/OVAL/probes/independent/sql_probe.c
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ static int dbURIInfo_parse(dbURIInfo_t *info, const char *conn)
 			matchitem1(tok, 'c',
 				   "onnecttimeout", tmp);
 			if (tmp != NULL) {
+				errno = 0;
 				info->conn_timeout = strtol(tmp, NULL, 10);
 
 				if (errno == ERANGE || errno == EINVAL)
diff --git a/src/OVAL/probes/oval_fts.c b/src/OVAL/probes/oval_fts.c
index 1364159c90e..f9d0a0c1fdb 100644
--- a/src/OVAL/probes/oval_fts.c
+++ b/src/OVAL/probes/oval_fts.c
@@ -729,6 +729,7 @@ OVAL_FTS *oval_fts_open_prefixed(const char *prefix, SEXP_t *path, SEXP_t *filen
 	/* max_depth */
 	PROBE_ENT_AREF(behaviors, r0, "max_depth", return NULL;);
 	SEXP_string_cstr_r(r0, cstr_buff, sizeof cstr_buff - 1);
+	errno = 0;
 	max_depth = strtol(cstr_buff, NULL, 10);
 	if (errno == EINVAL || errno == ERANGE) {
 		dE("Invalid value of the `%s' attribute: %s", "recurse_direction", cstr_buff);
diff --git a/src/OVAL/probes/unix/xinetd_probe.c b/src/OVAL/probes/unix/xinetd_probe.c
index b3375500db7..703a07f5132 100644
--- a/src/OVAL/probes/unix/xinetd_probe.c
+++ b/src/OVAL/probes/unix/xinetd_probe.c
@@ -1280,6 +1280,7 @@ int op_assign_bool(void *var, char *val)
 		*((bool *)(var)) = false;
 	} else {
 		char *endptr = NULL;
+		errno = 0;
 		*((bool *)(var)) = (bool) strtol (val, &endptr, 2);
 		if (errno == EINVAL || errno == ERANGE) {
 			return -1;