diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 854f69d97..165442ef4 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-03-30  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* syscalls.cc (open): Remove call to sig_dispatch_pending.
+
 2010-03-30  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* net.cc: Remove calls to sig_dispatch_pending throughout.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
index f7e55cce9..96cf16dde 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
@@ -1019,7 +1019,6 @@ open (const char *unix_path, int flags, ...)
   int res = -1;
   va_list ap;
   mode_t mode = 0;
-  sig_dispatch_pending ();
 
   syscall_printf ("open (%s, %p)", unix_path, flags);
   myfault efault;