diff --git a/servconf.c b/servconf.c
index 36b97a5..fae3c65 100644
--- a/servconf.c
+++ b/servconf.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "includes.h"
-RCSID("$OpenBSD: servconf.c,v 1.136 2004/08/11 11:09:54 dtucker Exp $");
+RCSID("$OpenBSD: servconf.c,v 1.137 2004/08/13 11:09:24 dtucker Exp $");
 
 #include "ssh.h"
 #include "log.h"
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@
 	debug2("%s: config %s len %d", __func__, filename, buffer_len(conf));
 
 	obuf = cbuf = xstrdup(buffer_ptr(conf));
-	linenum = 0;
+	linenum = 1;
 	while((cp = strsep(&cbuf, "\n")) != NULL) {
 		if (process_server_config_line(options, cp, filename,
 		    linenum++) != 0)