diff -Nru binutils-2.22.orig/gold/options.cc binutils-2.22/gold/options.cc
--- binutils-2.22.orig/gold/options.cc	2011-07-11 16:19:51.000000000 +0000
+++ binutils-2.22/gold/options.cc	2012-07-31 14:52:22.178701142 +0000
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
 {
   char* endptr;
   *retval = strtol(arg, &endptr, 0);
-  if (*endptr != '\0' || retval < 0)
+  if (*endptr != '\0' || *retval < 0)
     gold_fatal(_("%s: invalid option value (expected an integer): %s"),
                option_name, arg);
 }