diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 088fba426..8ac747660 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-09-09  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* fhandler_tape.cc (fhandler_dev_tape::open): Fix typo.
+
 2004-09-09  Bas van Gompel  <cygwin-patch.buzz@bavag.tmfweb.nl>
 
 	* pipe.cc (create_selectable_pipe): Work around bug in Windows 95
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tape.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tape.cc
index ea8853722..5b7c69909 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tape.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tape.cc
@@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ fhandler_dev_tape::open (int flags, mode_t)
 					 TAPE_SPACE_FILEMARKS, 1, true);
 
       devbufsiz = mt->drive (driveno ())->dp ()->MaximumBlockSize;
-      devbuf = new char (devbufsiz);
+      devbuf = new char [devbufsiz];
       devbufstart = devbufend = 0;
     }
   else