diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b951c9a49..39a039a04 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Bugfix
      Vialletelle).
    * ssl_close_notify() could send more than one message in some circumstances
      with non-blocking I/O.
+   * x509_crt_parse() did not increase total_failed on PEM error
 
 Changes
    * X.509 certificates with more than one AttributeTypeAndValue per
diff --git a/library/x509parse.c b/library/x509parse.c
index 40520110a..806dceab2 100644
--- a/library/x509parse.c
+++ b/library/x509parse.c
@@ -1490,6 +1490,7 @@ int x509parse_crt( x509_cert *chain, const unsigned char *buf, size_t buflen )
                 if( first_error == 0 )
                     first_error = ret;
 
+                total_failed++;
                 continue;
             }
             else