diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index de2eabf74..564652569 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-10-16  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* fhandler_disk_file.cc (fhandler_disk_file::opendir): Drop redundant
+	access check.
+
 2006-10-16  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* include/asm/byteorder.h: Fix copyright dates.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_disk_file.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_disk_file.cc
index 66f488b30..a930d3c67 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_disk_file.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_disk_file.cc
@@ -1559,8 +1559,6 @@ fhandler_disk_file::opendir ()
       set_errno (ENOMEM);
       goto free_dirname;
     }
-  else if (!pc.iscygdrive () && fhaccess (R_OK) != 0)
-    goto free_dirent;
   else
     {
       strcpy (d_dirname (dir), get_win32_name ());