diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 75f327b37..4a8042be6 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-05-03  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* fhandler_socket.cc (get_inet_addr): Add missing __seterrno call.
+
 2005-05-01  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
 
 	* fhandler_tty.cc (fhandler_tty_slave::read): Actually read input when
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_socket.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_socket.cc
index 37111f18f..8fd952163 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_socket.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_socket.cc
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ get_inet_addr (const struct sockaddr *in, int inlen,
 				  : 0);
 	  ret = 1;
 	}
+      else
+        __seterrno ();
       CloseHandle (fh);
       return ret;
     }