diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index e73057c30..43f483b10 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-06-09  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
+
+	* include/pthread.h (PTHREAD_MUEXT_INITIALIZER): Change to
+	PTHREAD_NORMAL_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP to be closer to linux default.
+
 2005-06-09  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
 
 	* thread.cc (cancelable_wait): No-op change to make sure that res is
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/include/pthread.h b/winsup/cygwin/include/pthread.h
index 9d0756941..37a3cf6a1 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/include/pthread.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/include/pthread.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ extern "C"
 #define PTHREAD_RECURSIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP (pthread_mutex_t)18
 #define PTHREAD_NORMAL_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP (pthread_mutex_t)19
 #define PTHREAD_ERRORCHECK_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP (pthread_mutex_t)20
-#define PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER PTHREAD_ERRORCHECK_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP
+#define PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER PTHREAD_NORMAL_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP
 #define PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT { PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER, 0 }
 #define PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT
 #define PTHREAD_PRIO_NONE