diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index a5e5b25a2..86621c1fe 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-01-25  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* sigproc.cc (proc_subproc): Don't protect *child's* handle.
+
 2004-01-24  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* fhandler.h (fhandler_base::fhaccess): Return int for compatibility
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
index 3c0cfddaa..3be7f8954 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
@@ -320,7 +320,6 @@ proc_subproc (DWORD what, DWORD val)
       if (!DuplicateHandle (hMainProc, hMainProc, vchild->hProcess, &vchild->ppid_handle,
 			    SYNCHRONIZE | PROCESS_DUP_HANDLE, TRUE, 0))
 	system_printf ("Couldn't duplicate my handle<%p> for pid %d, %E", hMainProc, vchild->pid);
-      VerifyHandle (vchild->ppid_handle);
       vchild->ppid = myself->pid;
       vchild->uid = myself->uid;
       vchild->gid = myself->gid;