diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 12804d04f..927147cf9 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-09-25  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* spawn.cc (spawnve): Remove vfork short circuit and let caller deal
+	with error return.
+
 2003-09-25  Pierre Humblet <pierre.humblet@ieee.org>
 	    Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc b/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
index 8d2ab2df6..d205c26bc 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
@@ -977,9 +977,7 @@ spawnve (int mode, const char *path, const char *const *argv,
       if (vf)
 	{
 	  debug_printf ("longjmping due to vfork");
-	  if (ret < 0)
-	    vf->restore_exit (ret);
-	  else
+	  if (ret > 0)
 	    vf->restore_pid (ret);
 	}
       break;