diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 64c15988e..12a48d1c4 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-03-02  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* security.cc (get_file_attribute): Avoid compiler warning.
+
 2007-03-01  Christopher Faylor  <me@cgf.cx>
 
 	* fork.cc (fork): Reset child to true after fork since it may have been
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/security.cc b/winsup/cygwin/security.cc
index 8a468cb24..504be9c0b 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/security.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/security.cc
@@ -1524,7 +1524,6 @@ int
 get_file_attribute (int use_ntsec, HANDLE handle, const char *file,
 		    mode_t *attribute, __uid32_t *uidret, __gid32_t *gidret)
 {
-  int res;
   syscall_printf ("file: %s", file);
 
   if (use_ntsec && allow_ntsec)