diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 2a30f538b..e3bbf6038 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-Sat Mar 17 00:05:36 2001  Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
+Sat Mar 17 00:10:52 2001  Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
 
-	* syscalls.cc (stat_dev): Give devices full read/write.
+	* syscalls.cc (stat_dev): Give devices full read/write by default.
 
 Saturday Mar 17 3:45 2001 Robert Collins <rbtcollins@hotmail.com>
 
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
index 141a19883..8bad5f6ed 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
@@ -1010,8 +1010,7 @@ stat_dev (DWORD devn, int unit, unsigned long ino, struct stat *buf)
     case FH_PIPER:
       buf->st_mode = STD_RBITS;
       break;
-    case FH_CONIN:
-    case FH_CONOUT:
+    default:
       buf->st_mode = STD_RBITS | STD_WBITS | S_IWGRP | S_IWOTH;
       break;
     }