diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 23dc35e5c..5a4c74244 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-01-11  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
+
+	* pinfo.cc (pinfo::init): Don't close input handle on temporary (?)
+	failure.
+
 2005-01-11  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
 
 	* pinfo.h (_pinfo::set_exit_state): Declare new function.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc b/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
index 6d55dc464..689e10be0 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ pinfo::init (pid_t n, DWORD flag, HANDLE in_h)
 	  else
 	    {
 	      debug_printf ("MapViewOfFileEx(%p, in_h %p) failed, %E", h, in_h);
-	      CloseHandle (h);
+	      if (h != in_h)
+		CloseHandle (h);
 	    }
 	  if (i < 9)
 	    continue;