diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 4e1878ebb..475320e8d 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-10-23  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* fhandler_random.cc (fhandler_dev_random::lseek): Allow negative
+	dummy file positions as on Linux.
+
 2009-10-20  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* registry.cc (reg_key::get_int): Add alternative implementation
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_random.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_random.cc
index e5d8a4866..a03a5011f 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_random.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_random.cc
@@ -160,11 +160,6 @@ fhandler_dev_random::lseek (_off64_t off, int whence)
       set_errno (EINVAL);
       return (_off64_t) -1;
     }
-  if (new_off < 0)
-    {
-      set_errno (EINVAL);
-      return (_off64_t) -1;
-    }
   return dummy_offset = new_off;
 }