diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 95beb4be1..c8ed712ff 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-07-15  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2014@cgf.cx>
+
+	* sigproc.cc (send_sig): Don't report an error if WriteFile succeeds.
+
 2014-07-14  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2014@cgf.cx>
 
 	* sigproc.cc (send_sig): Fix bad format in diagnostic output.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
index 9bc42e82c..a530c89ca 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ sig_send (_pinfo *p, siginfo_t& si, _cygtls *tls)
     }
 
   DWORD nb;
-  if (!WriteFile (sendsig, leader, packsize, &nb, NULL) || nb != packsize)
+  if (!WriteFile (sendsig, leader, packsize, &nb, NULL))
     {
       /* Couldn't send to the pipe.  This probably means that the
 	 process is exiting.  */