diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index 82bebfdb0..e516a783a 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-06-26  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
+
+	* libc/sys/linux/mq_open.c (mq_open): Must allocate rdbuf and
+	wrbuf for a non-creating open.
+
 2003-06-24  Kazu Hirata  <kazu@cs.umass.edu>
 
 	* libc/machine/h8300/setarch.h: New.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/sys/linux/mq_open.c b/newlib/libc/sys/linux/mq_open.c
index 744cb9eaa..0e6b95345 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/sys/linux/mq_open.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/sys/linux/mq_open.c
@@ -210,7 +210,11 @@ mq_open (const char *name, int oflag, ...)
 	    }
 	}
       else /* just open it */
-	msgqid = msgget (key, 0);
+        {
+	  msgqid = msgget (key, 0);
+	  wrbuf = (MSG *)malloc (attr->mq_msgsize + sizeof(int));
+	  rdbuf = (MSG *)malloc (attr->mq_msgsize + sizeof(int));
+        }
       
       /* release semaphore acquired earlier */
       sb.sem_op = 1;