diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index b58ecab47..4fcb5f2a6 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-04-09  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* security.cc (get_file_attribute): Fix conditional.
+
 2004-04-08  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@bosbc.com>
 
 	* child_info.h: Update CHILD_INFO_MAGIC after 2004-04-03 change.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/security.cc b/winsup/cygwin/security.cc
index c7533dee0..d9a1e5f85 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/security.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/security.cc
@@ -1437,8 +1437,8 @@ get_file_attribute (int use_ntsec, HANDLE handle, const char *file,
 
   if (use_ntsec && allow_ntsec && wincap.has_security ())
     {
-      if (handle && get_nt_object_attribute (handle, SE_FILE_OBJECT,
-					     attribute, uidret, gidret))
+      if (!handle || get_nt_object_attribute (handle, SE_FILE_OBJECT,
+					      attribute, uidret, gidret))
 	get_nt_attribute (file, attribute, uidret, gidret);
       return 0;
     }