diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 2f58397fa..73fd3a24d 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-02-21  Egor Duda  <deo@logos-m.ru>
+
+	* sigproc.cc (getsem): Make semaphore always non-inheritable.
+
 Mon Feb 19 22:25:53 2001  Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
 
 	* dcrt0.cc (locale_init): Remove.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
index 43be57e08..f31660ee1 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ getsem (_pinfo *p, const char *str, int init, int max)
       char sa_buf[1024];
 
       DWORD winpid = GetCurrentProcessId ();
-      h = CreateSemaphore (allow_ntsec ? sec_user (sa_buf) : &sec_none_nih,
+      h = CreateSemaphore (allow_ntsec ? sec_user_nih (sa_buf) : &sec_none_nih,
 			   init, max, str = shared_name (str, winpid));
       p = myself;
     }