diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 9fe94d0ea..33b377d92 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-06-26  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* pwdgrp.h (pwdgrp_read::~pwdgrp_read): Avoid compiler warning.
+
 2002-06-26  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* dcrt0.cc (_dcrt0): Be more defensive when reserved block is used and
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/pwdgrp.h b/winsup/cygwin/pwdgrp.h
index d2dcfcd1a..bab2da863 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/pwdgrp.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/pwdgrp.h
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ public:
   : fh (INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE), buf (NULL), lptr (NULL), eptr (NULL) {}
   virtual ~pwdgrp_read ()
   {
-    close ();
+    if (fh != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+      CloseHandle (fh);
     if (buf)
       free (buf);
   }