diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/compatlib/informix.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/compatlib/informix.c
index 80d40aa3e09..8ea89e640a0 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/compatlib/informix.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/compatlib/informix.c
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ dectoint(decimal *np, int *ip)
 {
 	int			ret;
 	numeric    *nres = PGTYPESnumeric_new();
+	int			errnum;
 
 	if (nres == NULL)
 		return ECPG_INFORMIX_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
@@ -445,10 +446,12 @@ dectoint(decimal *np, int *ip)
 		return ECPG_INFORMIX_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
 	}
 
+	errno = 0;
 	ret = PGTYPESnumeric_to_int(nres, ip);
+	errnum = errno;
 	PGTYPESnumeric_free(nres);
 
-	if (ret == PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW)
+	if (ret == -1 && errnum == PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW)
 		ret = ECPG_INFORMIX_NUM_OVERFLOW;
 
 	return ret;
@@ -459,6 +462,7 @@ dectolong(decimal *np, long *lngp)
 {
 	int			ret;
 	numeric    *nres = PGTYPESnumeric_new();
+	int			errnum;
 
 	if (nres == NULL)
 		return ECPG_INFORMIX_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
@@ -469,10 +473,12 @@ dectolong(decimal *np, long *lngp)
 		return ECPG_INFORMIX_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
 	}
 
+	errno = 0;
 	ret = PGTYPESnumeric_to_long(nres, lngp);
+	errnum = errno;
 	PGTYPESnumeric_free(nres);
 
-	if (ret == PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW)
+	if (ret == -1 && errnum == PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW)
 		ret = ECPG_INFORMIX_NUM_OVERFLOW;
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/expected/compat_informix-dec_test.stdout b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/expected/compat_informix-dec_test.stdout
index 1f8675b3f3c..71a5afa4a7a 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/expected/compat_informix-dec_test.stdout
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/expected/compat_informix-dec_test.stdout
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 (no errno set) - dec[0,3]: r: -1, *
 (no errno set) - dec[0,4]: r: -1, *
 dec[0,5]: r: 0, 0.00
-(errno == PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW) - dec[0,6]: 0 (r: -1)
-(errno == PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW) - dec[0,8]: 0 (r: -1)
+(errno == PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW) - dec[0,6]: 0 (r: -1200)
+(errno == PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW) - dec[0,8]: 0 (r: -1200)
 (errno == PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW) - dec[0,10]: 0 (r: -1)
 
 dec[1,1]: r: 0, -2
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ dec[4,2]: r: 0, 592490000000000000000000
 dec[4,3]: r: 0, 592490000000000000000000.0
 dec[4,4]: r: 0, 592490000000000000000000.00
 dec[4,5]: r: 0, 0.00
-(errno == PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW) - dec[4,6]: 0 (r: -1)
-(errno == PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW) - dec[4,8]: 0 (r: -1)
+(errno == PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW) - dec[4,6]: 0 (r: -1200)
+(errno == PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW) - dec[4,8]: 0 (r: -1200)
 dec[4,10]: 5.9249e+23 (r: 0)
 
 dec[5,1]: r: 0, -328400
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ dec[13,2]: r: 0, 1234567890123456789012345679
 dec[13,3]: r: 0, 1234567890123456789012345678.9
 dec[13,4]: r: 0, 1234567890123456789012345678.91
 dec[13,5]: r: 0, 0.00
-(errno == PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW) - dec[13,6]: 0 (r: -1)
-(errno == PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW) - dec[13,8]: 0 (r: -1)
+(errno == PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW) - dec[13,6]: 0 (r: -1200)
+(errno == PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW) - dec[13,8]: 0 (r: -1200)
 dec[13,10]: 1.23457e+27 (r: 0)
 
 (errno == PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW) - dec[14,0]: r: -1200