diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 60c3fb319..e4bc02826 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-09-14  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
+
+	* heap.cc (heap_init): Revert 2005-09-11 patch as it seems to
+	inexplicably cause problems with emacs.
+
 2005-09-14  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
 
 	Remove some more unneeded 'return;'s throughout. 
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/heap.cc b/winsup/cygwin/heap.cc
index 7dd74979c..8e420b301 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/heap.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/heap.cc
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ extern "C" size_t getpagesize ();
 void
 heap_init ()
 {
+  const DWORD alloctype = MEM_RESERVE;
   /* If we're the forkee, we must allocate the heap at exactly the same place
      as our parent.  If not, we don't care where it ends up.  */
 
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ heap_init ()
 	   * to assure contiguous memory.  */
 	  cygheap->user_heap.ptr = cygheap->user_heap.top =
 	  cygheap->user_heap.base =
-	    VirtualAlloc (NULL, cygheap->user_heap.chunk, MEM_RESERVE | MEM_TOP_DOWN, PAGE_NOACCESS);
+	    VirtualAlloc (NULL, cygheap->user_heap.chunk, alloctype, PAGE_NOACCESS);
 	  if (cygheap->user_heap.base)
 	    break;
 	  cygheap->user_heap.chunk -= 1 * 1024 * 1024;
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ heap_init ()
       while (1)
 	{
 	  p = (char *) VirtualAlloc (cygheap->user_heap.base, reserve_size,
-				     MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_READWRITE);
+				     alloctype, PAGE_READWRITE);
 	  if (p)
 	    break;
 	  if ((reserve_size -= page_const) < allocsize)