diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index cd85e17af..53535e0d2 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-08-15  Thomas Pfaff  <tpfaff@gmx.net>
+
+	* dcrt0.cc: Modify define for CYGWIN_GUARD.
+	(alloc_stack_hard_way): Just use CYGWIN_GUARD in VirtualAlloc call.
+
 2002-08-11  Conrad Scott  <conrad.scott@dsl.pipex.com>
 
 	* fhandler.h (fhandler_socket::recv): Remove method.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc b/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
index c5c6272a8..e13665dab 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
@@ -457,7 +457,8 @@ check_sanity_and_sync (per_process *p)
 child_info NO_COPY *child_proc_info = NULL;
 static MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION NO_COPY sm;
 
-#define CYGWIN_GUARD ((wincap.has_page_guard ()) ? PAGE_GUARD : PAGE_NOACCESS)
+#define CYGWIN_GUARD ((wincap.has_page_guard ()) ? \
+                     PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE|PAGE_GUARD : PAGE_NOACCESS)
 
 // __inline__ void
 extern void
@@ -498,7 +499,7 @@ alloc_stack_hard_way (child_info_fork *ci, volatile char *b)
     {
       m.BaseAddress = (LPVOID)((DWORD)m.BaseAddress - 1);
       if (!VirtualAlloc ((LPVOID) m.BaseAddress, 1, MEM_COMMIT,
-			 PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE|CYGWIN_GUARD))
+			 CYGWIN_GUARD))
 	api_fatal ("fork: couldn't allocate new stack guard page %p, %E",
 		   m.BaseAddress);
     }