diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 927e3eeaf..5d3052234 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Tue May 22 17:58:00 2001  Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* security.cc (get_file_attribute): Don't set errno.
+
 Mon May 21 15:08:00 2001  Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
 
 	* configure.in: Allow --enable-newvfork to turn NEWVFORK on and off.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/security.cc b/winsup/cygwin/security.cc
index f54fffaec..f9a2dceed 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/security.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/security.cc
@@ -1194,8 +1194,6 @@ get_file_attribute (int use_ntsec, const char *file,
   if ((*attribute & S_IFLNK) == S_IFLNK)
     *attribute |= S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO;
 
-  if (res <= 0)
-    set_errno (ENOSYS);
   return res > 0 ? 0 : -1;
 }