1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/perl.c b/perl.c
index badb216fec..d0bf93130d 100644
--- a/perl.c
+++ b/perl.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ perl_construct(pTHXx)
        if (s)
            while (isSPACE(*s)) s++;
        if (s && isDIGIT(*s))
-           PL_hash_seed = (UV)atoi(s);
+           PL_hash_seed = (UV)Atoul(s);
 #ifndef USE_HASH_SEED_EXPLICIT
        else {
            /* Compute a random seed */