diff --git a/lib/et/ChangeLog b/lib/et/ChangeLog
index 3881c00f..7505fa86 100644
--- a/lib/et/ChangeLog
+++ b/lib/et/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-07-19  Theodore Ts'o  <tytso@mit.edu>
+
+	* et_c.awk: Fix bug where error messages using continuations
+		wouldn't increment the message count.
+
 2006-06-30  Theodore Ts'o  <tytso@mit.edu>
 
 	* Release of E2fsprogs 1.38
diff --git a/lib/et/et_c.awk b/lib/et/et_c.awk
index 407c43cc..ea2e6095 100644
--- a/lib/et/et_c.awk
+++ b/lib/et/et_c.awk
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ c2n["_"]=63
 	text=substr(text,2,length(text)-2);
 #	printf "\t%s\"\n", text > outfile
 	cont_buf=text
+	table_item_count++
 	continuation++;
 }