1 diff --git a/src/client.c b/src/client.c
2 index 751406b..b45d89c 100644
5 @@ -3558,9 +3558,9 @@ connect_to_pserver (cvsroot_t *root, struct buffer **to_server_p,
8 read_line_via (from_server, to_server, &read_buf);
9 - sscanf (read_buf, "%s %d", write_buf, &codenum);
10 + count = sscanf (read_buf, "%*s %d", &codenum);
12 - if ((codenum / 100) != 2)
13 + if (count != 1 || (codenum / 100) != 2)
14 error (1, 0, "proxy server %s:%d does not support http tunnelling",
15 root->proxy_hostname, proxy_port_number);