diff --git a/lib/command.c b/lib/command.c
index 60c5f4e75b..6fe4ae2d8f 100644
--- a/lib/command.c
+++ b/lib/command.c
@@ -1281,7 +1281,8 @@ int cmd_execute(struct vty *vty, const char *cmd,
  *         as to why no command could be executed.
  */
 int command_config_read_one_line(struct vty *vty,
-				 const struct cmd_element **cmd, int use_daemon)
+				 const struct cmd_element **cmd,
+				 uint32_t line_num, int use_daemon)
 {
 	vector vline;
 	int saved_node;
@@ -1322,8 +1323,16 @@ int command_config_read_one_line(struct vty *vty,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (ret != CMD_SUCCESS && ret != CMD_WARNING)
-		memcpy(vty->error_buf, vty->buf, VTY_BUFSIZ);
+	if (ret != CMD_SUCCESS && ret != CMD_WARNING) {
+		struct vty_error *ve = XCALLOC(MTYPE_TMP, sizeof(*ve));
+
+		memcpy(ve->error_buf, vty->buf, VTY_BUFSIZ);
+		ve->line_num = line_num;
+		if (!vty->error)
+			vty->error = list_new();
+
+		listnode_add(vty->error, ve);
+	}
 
 	cmd_free_strvec(vline);
 
@@ -1337,10 +1346,9 @@ int config_from_file(struct vty *vty, FILE *fp, unsigned int *line_num)
 	*line_num = 0;
 
 	while (fgets(vty->buf, VTY_BUFSIZ, fp)) {
-		if (!error_ret)
-			++(*line_num);
+		++(*line_num);
 
-		ret = command_config_read_one_line(vty, NULL, 0);
+		ret = command_config_read_one_line(vty, NULL, *line_num, 0);
 
 		if (ret != CMD_SUCCESS && ret != CMD_WARNING
 		    && ret != CMD_ERR_NOTHING_TODO)
diff --git a/lib/command.h b/lib/command.h
index 8e51641b88..fbff1e67f4 100644
--- a/lib/command.h
+++ b/lib/command.h
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ extern char **cmd_complete_command(vector, struct vty *, int *status);
 extern const char *cmd_prompt(enum node_type);
 extern int command_config_read_one_line(struct vty *vty,
 					const struct cmd_element **,
-					int use_config_node);
+					uint32_t line_num, int use_config_node);
 extern int config_from_file(struct vty *, FILE *, unsigned int *line_num);
 extern enum node_type node_parent(enum node_type);
 /*
diff --git a/lib/vty.c b/lib/vty.c
index f812dd4279..a73cc23b97 100644
--- a/lib/vty.c
+++ b/lib/vty.c
@@ -1695,7 +1695,6 @@ struct vty *vty_new()
 	new->lbuf = buffer_new(0);
 	new->obuf = buffer_new(0); /* Use default buffer size. */
 	new->buf = XCALLOC(MTYPE_VTY, VTY_BUFSIZ);
-	new->error_buf = XCALLOC(MTYPE_VTY, VTY_BUFSIZ);
 	new->max = VTY_BUFSIZ;
 
 	return new;
@@ -2278,6 +2277,13 @@ void vty_serv_sock(const char *addr, unsigned short port, const char *path)
 #endif /* VTYSH */
 }
 
+static void vty_error_delete(void *arg)
+{
+	struct vty_error *ve = arg;
+
+	XFREE(MTYPE_TMP, ve);
+}
+
 /* Close vty interface.  Warning: call this only from functions that
    will be careful not to access the vty afterwards (since it has
    now been freed).  This is safest from top-level functions (called
@@ -2329,8 +2335,10 @@ void vty_close(struct vty *vty)
 	if (vty->buf)
 		XFREE(MTYPE_VTY, vty->buf);
 
-	if (vty->error_buf)
-		XFREE(MTYPE_VTY, vty->error_buf);
+	if (vty->error) {
+		vty->error->del = vty_error_delete;
+		list_delete(&vty->error);
+	}
 
 	/* Check configure. */
 	vty_config_unlock(vty);
@@ -2368,6 +2376,8 @@ static void vty_read_file(FILE *confp)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct vty *vty;
+	struct vty_error *ve;
+	struct listnode *node;
 	unsigned int line_num = 0;
 
 	vty = vty_new();
@@ -2417,11 +2427,13 @@ static void vty_read_file(FILE *confp)
 			break;
 		}
 
-		nl = strchr(vty->error_buf, '\n');
-		if (nl)
-			*nl = '\0';
-		flog_err(EC_LIB_VTY, "ERROR: %s on config line %u: %s", message,
-			 line_num, vty->error_buf);
+		for (ALL_LIST_ELEMENTS_RO(vty->error, node, ve)) {
+			nl = strchr(ve->error_buf, '\n');
+			if (nl)
+				*nl = '\0';
+			flog_err(EC_LIB_VTY, "ERROR: %s on config line %u: %s",
+				 message, ve->line_num, ve->error_buf);
+		}
 	}
 
 	vty_close(vty);
diff --git a/lib/vty.h b/lib/vty.h
index b55abf2204..efe91a568b 100644
--- a/lib/vty.h
+++ b/lib/vty.h
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
 #define VTY_BUFSIZ 4096
 #define VTY_MAXHIST 20
 
+struct vty_error {
+	char error_buf[VTY_BUFSIZ];
+	uint32_t line_num;
+};
+
 /* VTY struct. */
 struct vty {
 	/* File descripter of this vty. */
@@ -71,7 +76,7 @@ struct vty {
 	char *buf;
 
 	/* Command input error buffer */
-	char *error_buf;
+	struct list *error;
 
 	/* Command cursor point */
 	int cp;
diff --git a/vtysh/vtysh.c b/vtysh/vtysh.c
index 6a92b90813..8ed11f1876 100644
--- a/vtysh/vtysh.c
+++ b/vtysh/vtysh.c
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ int vtysh_config_from_file(struct vty *vty, FILE *fp)
 	while (fgets(vty->buf, VTY_BUFSIZ, fp)) {
 		lineno++;
 
-		ret = command_config_read_one_line(vty, &cmd, 1);
+		ret = command_config_read_one_line(vty, &cmd, lineno, 1);
 
 		switch (ret) {
 		case CMD_WARNING: