diff --git a/locale/programs/ld-collate.c b/locale/programs/ld-collate.c
index 992814491d..4c401c9268 100644
--- a/locale/programs/ld-collate.c
+++ b/locale/programs/ld-collate.c
@@ -1344,12 +1344,12 @@ order for `%.*s' already defined at %s:%Zu"),
 
 	  errno = 0;
 	  from = strtol (startp->name + preflen, &cp, base);
-	  if ((from == UINT_MAX && errno == ERANGE) || *cp != '\0')
+	  if (((from == LONG_MAX || from == LONG_MIN ) && errno == ERANGE) || *cp != '\0')
 	    goto invalid_range;
 
 	  errno = 0;
 	  to = strtol (endp->name + preflen, &cp, base);
-	  if ((to == UINT_MAX && errno == ERANGE) || *cp != '\0')
+	  if (((to == LONG_MAX || to == LONG_MIN ) && errno == ERANGE) || *cp != '\0')
 	    goto invalid_range;
 
 	  /* Copy the prefix.  */
@@ -2934,13 +2934,13 @@ collate_read (struct linereader *ldfile, struct localedef_t *result,
 		      symbol[symbol_len] = '\0';
 		      from = strtoul (&symbol[prefixlen], &endp,
 				      ellipsis == tok_ellipsis2 ? 16 : 10);
-		      if (*endp != '\0')
+		      if ((from == ULONG_MAX && errno == ERANGE) || *endp != '\0')
 			goto col_sym_inv_range;
 
 		      endsymbol[symbol_len] = '\0';
 		      to = strtoul (&endsymbol[prefixlen], &endp,
 				    ellipsis == tok_ellipsis2 ? 16 : 10);
-		      if (*endp != '\0')
+		      if ((to == ULONG_MAX && errno == ERANGE) || *endp != '\0')
 			goto col_sym_inv_range;
 
 		      if (from > to)