diff --git a/builtin/get-tar-commit-id.c b/builtin/get-tar-commit-id.c
index 66a7389f9f..7195a072ed 100644
--- a/builtin/get-tar-commit-id.c
+++ b/builtin/get-tar-commit-id.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ int cmd_get_tar_commit_id(int argc, const char **argv UNUSED, const char *prefix
 	if (header->typeflag[0] != TYPEFLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER)
 		return 1;
 
+	errno = 0;
 	len = strtol(content, &end, 10);
 	if (errno == ERANGE || end == content || len < 0)
 		return 1;
diff --git a/ref-filter.c b/ref-filter.c
index 8c5e673fc0..54880a2497 100644
--- a/ref-filter.c
+++ b/ref-filter.c
@@ -1628,6 +1628,7 @@ static void grab_date(const char *buf, struct atom_value *v, const char *atomnam
 	timestamp = parse_timestamp(eoemail + 2, &zone, 10);
 	if (timestamp == TIME_MAX)
 		goto bad;
+	errno = 0;
 	tz = strtol(zone, NULL, 10);
 	if ((tz == LONG_MIN || tz == LONG_MAX) && errno == ERANGE)
 		goto bad;
diff --git a/t/helper/test-json-writer.c b/t/helper/test-json-writer.c
index ed52eb76bf..a288069b04 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-json-writer.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-json-writer.c
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ static void get_i(struct line *line, intmax_t *s_in)
 
 	get_s(line, &s);
 
+	errno = 0;
 	*s_in = strtol(s, &endptr, 10);
 	if (*endptr || errno == ERANGE)
 		die("line[%d]: invalid integer value", line->nr);
@@ -427,6 +428,7 @@ static void get_d(struct line *line, double *s_in)
 
 	get_s(line, &s);
 
+	errno = 0;
 	*s_in = strtod(s, &endptr);
 	if (*endptr || errno == ERANGE)
 		die("line[%d]: invalid float value", line->nr);
diff --git a/t/helper/test-trace2.c b/t/helper/test-trace2.c
index cd955ec63e..c588c273ce 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-trace2.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-trace2.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ static int get_i(int *p_value, const char *data)
 	if (!data || !*data)
 		return MyError;
 
+	errno = 0;
 	*p_value = strtol(data, &endptr, 10);
 	if (*endptr || errno == ERANGE)
 		return MyError;
diff --git a/t/t6421-merge-partial-clone.sh b/t/t6421-merge-partial-clone.sh
index 711b709e75..b99f29ef9b 100755
--- a/t/t6421-merge-partial-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t6421-merge-partial-clone.sh
@@ -230,8 +230,9 @@ test_expect_merge_algorithm failure success 'Objects downloaded for single relev
 		grep fetch_count trace.output | cut -d "|" -f 9 | tr -d " ." >actual &&
 		test_cmp expect actual &&
 
-		# Check the number of fetch commands exec-ed
-		grep d0.*fetch.negotiationAlgorithm trace.output >fetches &&
+		# Check the number of fetch commands exec-ed by filtering trace to
+		# child_start events by the top-level program (2nd field == d0)
+		grep " d0 .* child_start .*fetch.negotiationAlgorithm" trace.output >fetches &&
 		test_line_count = 2 fetches &&
 
 		git rev-list --objects --all --missing=print |
@@ -318,8 +319,9 @@ test_expect_merge_algorithm failure success 'Objects downloaded when a directory
 		grep fetch_count trace.output | cut -d "|" -f 9 | tr -d " ." >actual &&
 		test_cmp expect actual &&
 
-		# Check the number of fetch commands exec-ed
-		grep d0.*fetch.negotiationAlgorithm trace.output >fetches &&
+		# Check the number of fetch commands exec-ed by filtering trace to
+		# child_start events by the top-level program (2nd field == d0)
+		grep " d0 .* child_start .*fetch.negotiationAlgorithm" trace.output >fetches &&
 		test_line_count = 1 fetches &&
 
 		git rev-list --objects --all --missing=print |
@@ -422,8 +424,9 @@ test_expect_merge_algorithm failure success 'Objects downloaded with lots of ren
 		grep fetch_count trace.output | cut -d "|" -f 9 | tr -d " ." >actual &&
 		test_cmp expect actual &&
 
-		# Check the number of fetch commands exec-ed
-		grep d0.*fetch.negotiationAlgorithm trace.output >fetches &&
+		# Check the number of fetch commands exec-ed by filtering trace to
+		# child_start events by the top-level program (2nd field == d0)
+		grep " d0 .* child_start .*fetch.negotiationAlgorithm" trace.output >fetches &&
 		test_line_count = 4 fetches &&
 
 		git rev-list --objects --all --missing=print |