diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 7453ead5c..b80506916 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-11-04  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* pipe.cc (fhandler_pipe::read): Narrow eof return to just the "broken
+	pipe" test.
+
 2001-11-04  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* select.cc: Add more comments throughout.  Use bool 'true' where
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/pipe.cc b/winsup/cygwin/pipe.cc
index 87d226baa..fea25999f 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/pipe.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/pipe.cc
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ fhandler_pipe::set_close_on_exec (int val)
 int __stdcall
 fhandler_pipe::read (void *in_ptr, size_t in_len)
 {
-  if (hit_eof ())
+  if (saweof)
     return 0;
   int res = this->fhandler_base::read (in_ptr, in_len);
   (void) ReleaseMutex (guard);