diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 7bfb5af0e..bd590901e 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-02-02  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* syscalls.cc (unlink_nt): Add missing assignment in case NtClose fails.
+
 2007-02-01  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* net.cc (ga_dup): New function, taken from ga_clone with v4-in-v6
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
index 6cc89f9ae..6a0e45fb5 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ unlink_nt (path_conv &win32_name, bool setattrs)
 	 also means that deleting fails. */
       syscall_printf ("%p = NtClose (%p)", status, h);
       if (!lasterr)
-	RtlNtStatusToDosError (status);
+	lasterr = RtlNtStatusToDosError (status);
     }
 
   syscall_printf ("Deleting succeeded");