1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fsck.c b/fsck.c
index 760e072cc..64bf279fd 100644
--- a/fsck.c
+++ b/fsck.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static int fsck_ident(char **ident, struct object *obj, fsck_error error_func)
 	(*ident)++;
 	if (**ident == '0' && (*ident)[1] != ' ')
 		return error_func(obj, FSCK_ERROR, "invalid author/committer line - zero-padded date");
-	if (strtoul(*ident, &end, 10) == ULONG_MAX)
+	if (date_overflows(strtoul(*ident, &end, 10)))
 		return error_func(obj, FSCK_ERROR, "invalid author/committer line - date causes integer overflow");
 	if (end == *ident || *end != ' ')
 		return error_func(obj, FSCK_ERROR, "invalid author/committer line - bad date");