diff --git a/src/error.nobj.lua b/src/error.nobj.lua
index 421d5d9..b5559c7 100644
--- a/src/error.nobj.lua
+++ b/src/error.nobj.lua
@@ -283,12 +283,15 @@ error_code "ZMQ_Error" "int" {
 	ffi_is_error_check = function(rec) return "(-1 == ${" .. rec.name .. "})" end,
 	default = "0",
 	c_source [[
+	int num;
 	if(-1 == err) {
 		/* get ZErrors table. */
 		lua_pushlightuserdata(L, zmq_ZErrors_key);
 		lua_rawget(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX);
 		/* convert zmq_errno to string. */
-		lua_rawgeti(L, -1, zmq_errno());
+		num = zmq_errno();
+		lua_pushinteger(L, num);
+		lua_gettable(L, -2);
 		/* remove ZErrors table. */
 		lua_remove(L, -2);
 		if(!lua_isnil(L, -1)) {
@@ -297,7 +300,8 @@ error_code "ZMQ_Error" "int" {
 		}
 		/* Unknown error. */
 		lua_pop(L, 1);
-		err_str = "UNKNOWN ERROR";
+		lua_pushfstring(L, "UNKNOWN ERROR(%d)", num);
+		return;
 	}
 ]],
 	ffi_source [[
diff --git a/src/pre_generated-zmq.nobj.c b/src/pre_generated-zmq.nobj.c
index d3d6544..8933b5c 100644
--- a/src/pre_generated-zmq.nobj.c
+++ b/src/pre_generated-zmq.nobj.c
@@ -4002,12 +4002,15 @@ static int ZErrors____index__meth(lua_State *L) {
 
 static void error_code__ZMQ_Error__push(lua_State *L, ZMQ_Error err) {
   const char *err_str = NULL;
+	int num;
 	if(-1 == err) {
 		/* get ZErrors table. */
 		lua_pushlightuserdata(L, zmq_ZErrors_key);
 		lua_rawget(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX);
 		/* convert zmq_errno to string. */
-		lua_rawgeti(L, -1, zmq_errno());
+		num = zmq_errno();
+		lua_pushinteger(L, num);
+		lua_gettable(L, -2);
 		/* remove ZErrors table. */
 		lua_remove(L, -2);
 		if(!lua_isnil(L, -1)) {
@@ -4016,7 +4019,8 @@ static void error_code__ZMQ_Error__push(lua_State *L, ZMQ_Error err) {
 		}
 		/* Unknown error. */
 		lua_pop(L, 1);
-		err_str = "UNKNOWN ERROR";
+		lua_pushfstring(L, "UNKNOWN ERROR(%d)", num);
+		return;
 	}
 
 	if(err_str) {