diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 5c5e44c1a..4c36e5470 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-02-13  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* exceptions.cc (try_to_debug): Don't reset priority when returning
+	from non-waitloop call.
 
 2003-02-13  Vaclav Haisman  <V.Haisman@sh.cvut.cz>
             Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc b/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
index 352cda0d0..e2df0c913 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
@@ -392,17 +392,16 @@ try_to_debug (bool waitloop)
     system_printf ("Failed to start debugger: %E");
   else
     {
-      SetThreadPriority (GetCurrentThread (), THREAD_PRIORITY_IDLE);
       if (!waitloop)
 	return 1;
+      SetThreadPriority (GetCurrentThread (), THREAD_PRIORITY_IDLE);
       while (!being_debugged ())
 	Sleep (0);
       Sleep (2000);
       small_printf ("*** continuing from debugger call\n");
+      SetThreadPriority (GetCurrentThread (), prio);
     }
 
-  SetThreadPriority (GetCurrentThread (), prio);
-
   /* FIXME: need to know handles of all running threads to
     resume_all_threads_except (current_thread_id);
   */