1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.c b/lib/libalpm/util.c
index 11285896..59861242 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/util.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/util.c
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ int _alpm_open_archive(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *path,
 {
 	int fd;
 	size_t bufsize = ALPM_BUFFER_SIZE;
+	errno = 0;
 
 	if((*archive = archive_read_new()) == NULL) {
 		RET_ERR(handle, ALPM_ERR_LIBARCHIVE, -1);