diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 3772e4c16..1b09fe266 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-04-02  Christopher Faylor  <me+cygwin@cgf.cx>
+
+	* fhandler_fifo.cc (fhandler_fifo::fhandler_fifo): Properly initialize
+	overlapped part of this class.
+
 2010-04-02  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* fhandler_tty.cc (fhandler_tty_slave::close): Revert previous change.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_fifo.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_fifo.cc
index b4a78d422..06e110e4c 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_fifo.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_fifo.cc
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@
 #include "shared_info.h"
 
 fhandler_fifo::fhandler_fifo ():
-  wait_state (fifo_unknown), dummy_client (NULL)
+  fhandler_base_overlapped (), wait_state (fifo_unknown), dummy_client (NULL)
 {
-  get_overlapped ()->hEvent = NULL;
   need_fork_fixup (true);
 }