diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 34fafe533..6df8c85d6 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-09-28  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
+
+	* pinfo.cc (_pinfo::dup_proc_pipe): Ignore error if the child process
+	has just gone away.
+
 2005-09-27  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
 
 	* init.cc (prime_threads): Make this static, as it should be.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc b/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
index 2cceb951e..2dd727ba1 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
@@ -1040,13 +1040,14 @@ _pinfo::dup_proc_pipe (HANDLE hProcess)
     flags |= DUPLICATE_CLOSE_SOURCE;
   bool res = DuplicateHandle (hMainProc, wr_proc_pipe, hProcess, &wr_proc_pipe,
 			      0, FALSE, flags);
-  if (!res)
+  if (!res && WaitForSingleObject (hProcess, 0) != WAIT_OBJECT_0)
     sigproc_printf ("DuplicateHandle failed, pid %d, hProcess %p, %E", pid, hProcess);
   else
     {
       wr_proc_pipe_owner = dwProcessId;
       sigproc_printf ("closed wr_proc_pipe %p for pid %d(%u)", wr_proc_pipe,
 		      pid, dwProcessId);
+      res = true;
     }
   return res;
 }