diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 0b7236729..c4be0562a 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-11-14  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* fhandler_termios.cc (fhandler_termios::line_edit): Fix fatal typo in
+	bytes_read pointer checks.
+
 2014-11-13  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* fhandler.h (fhandler_termios::line_edit): Add parameter to return
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_termios.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_termios.cc
index 50c95801d..1786e49c9 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_termios.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_termios.cc
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ fhandler_termios::line_edit (const char *rptr, size_t nread, termios& ti,
   bool sawsig = false;
   int iscanon = ti.c_lflag & ICANON;
 
-  if (*bytes_read)
+  if (bytes_read)
     *bytes_read = nread;
   while (nread-- > 0)
     {
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ fhandler_termios::line_edit (const char *rptr, size_t nread, termios& ti,
     }
 
   /* Adding one compensates for the postdecrement in the above loop. */
-  if (*bytes_read)
+  if (bytes_read)
     *bytes_read -= (nread + 1);
 
   if (sawsig)