diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index 6d4895b61..15801c26c 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-11-27  Ralf Corsepius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
+
+	* libc/posix/telldir.c: Use #if !defined() instead of #ifndef 
+	to fix GCC warning.
+
 2008-11-27  Ken Werner  <ken.werner@de.ibm.com>
 
 	* libc/machine/spu/Makefile.am: Add spu-mcount.S spu-gmon.c.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/posix/telldir.c b/newlib/libc/posix/telldir.c
index a8c5440d1..ad654b148 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/posix/telldir.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/posix/telldir.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ __LOCK_INIT(static, dd_hash_lock);
  * return a pointer into a directory
  */
 
-#ifndef _ELIX_LEVEL || _ELIX_LEVEL >= 2
+#if !defined(_ELIX_LEVEL) || (_ELIX_LEVEL >= 2)
 
 long
 _DEFUN(telldir, (dirp),