diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index 78d1a3a99..b6d00e32c 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-05-11  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
+
+	* libc/stdlib/__call_atexit.c: Fix lock to be of type
+	_LOCK_RECURSIVE_T as recursive usage is needed.
+
 2010-05-11  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
 
 	* libc/locale/locale.c (loadlocale): Fix dangling
diff --git a/newlib/libc/stdlib/__call_atexit.c b/newlib/libc/stdlib/__call_atexit.c
index 813c34da6..6dd2ec63a 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/stdlib/__call_atexit.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/stdlib/__call_atexit.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 void free(void *) _ATTRIBUTE((__weak__));
 
 #ifndef __SINGLE_THREAD__
-extern _LOCK_T __atexit_lock;
+extern _LOCK_RECURSIVE_T __atexit_lock;
 #endif
 
 /*