diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 1e9eb5ebc..7ae793f3b 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-07-02  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2012@cgf.cx>
+
+	* fhandler_virtual.cc (fhandler_virtual::opendir): Eliminate duplicate
+	assignment found by Clang.
+
 2012-07-02  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2012@cgf.cx>
 
 	* fhandler_registry.cc (fhandler_registry::open): Handle missing EROFS
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_virtual.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_virtual.cc
index 59bb6763c..af73dde15 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_virtual.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_virtual.cc
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ fhandler_virtual::opendir (int fd)
       if (fd >= 0)
 	{
 	  dir->__d_fd = fd;
-	  res = dir;
 	  dir->__fh = this;
 	  res = dir;
 	}