diff --git a/src/pacman/database.c b/src/pacman/database.c
index 572f0f82..3a2ec6a1 100644
--- a/src/pacman/database.c
+++ b/src/pacman/database.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static int check_db_missing_deps(alpm_list_t *pkglist)
 		pm_printf(ALPM_LOG_ERROR, "missing '%s' dependency for '%s'\n",
 				depstring, miss->target);
 		free(depstring);
-		ret++;
+		ret = 1;
 	}
 	alpm_list_free_inner(data, (alpm_list_fn_free)alpm_depmissing_free);
 	alpm_list_free(data);
@@ -135,12 +135,12 @@ static int check_db_local_files(void)
 		snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%slocal/%s/desc", dbpath, ent->d_name);
 		if(access(path, F_OK)) {
 			pm_printf(ALPM_LOG_ERROR, "'%s': description file is missing\n", ent->d_name);
-			ret++;
+			ret = 1;
 		}
 		snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%slocal/%s/files", dbpath, ent->d_name);
 		if(access(path, F_OK)) {
 			pm_printf(ALPM_LOG_ERROR, "'%s': file list is missing\n", ent->d_name);
-			ret++;
+			ret = 1;
 		}
 	}
 	closedir(dbdir);
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static int check_db_local_package_conflicts(alpm_list_t *pkglist)
 		alpm_conflict_t *conflict = i->data;
 		pm_printf(ALPM_LOG_ERROR, "'%s' conflicts with '%s'\n",
 				alpm_pkg_get_name(conflict->package1), alpm_pkg_get_name(conflict->package2));
-		ret++;
+		ret = 1;
 	}
 	alpm_list_free_inner(data, (alpm_list_fn_free)alpm_conflict_free);
 	alpm_list_free(data);
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static int check_db_local_filelist_conflicts(alpm_list_t *pkglist)
 					alpm_pkg_get_name(prev_fileitem->pkg),
 					alpm_pkg_get_name(fileitem->pkg),
 					fileitem->file->name);
-			ret++;
+			ret = 1;
 		}
 		prev_fileitem = fileitem;
 	}