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diff --git a/src/include/os.h b/src/include/os.h
index 1e08683bc83..dd9b96f73a8 100644
--- a/src/include/os.h
+++ b/src/include/os.h
@@ -9,15 +9,26 @@
#define WT_SYSCALL_RETRY(call, ret) do { \
int __retry; \
for (__retry = 0; __retry < 10; ++__retry) { \
- if ((call) == 0) { \
- (ret) = 0; \
- break; \
- } \
- switch ((ret) = __wt_errno()) { \
- case 0: \
- /* The call failed but didn't set errno. */ \
- (ret) = WT_ERROR; \
+ /* \
+ * A call returning 0 indicates success; any call where \
+ * 0 is not the only successful return must provide an \
+ * expression evaluating to 0 in all successful cases. \
+ */ \
+ if (((ret) = (call)) == 0) \
break; \
+ /* \
+ * The call's error was either returned by the call or \
+ * is in errno, and there are cases where it depends on \
+ * the software release as to which it is (for example, \
+ * posix_fadvise on FreeBSD and OS X). Failing calls \
+ * must either return a non-zero error value, or -1 if \
+ * the error value is in errno. (The WiredTiger errno \
+ * function returns WT_ERROR if errno is 0, which isn't \
+ * ideal but won't discard the failure.) \
+ */ \
+ if ((ret) == -1) \
+ (ret) = __wt_errno(); \
+ switch (ret) { \
case EAGAIN: \
case EBUSY: \
case EINTR: \