diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 636d59b60..c62e0ca11 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Thu Feb 24 15:56:00 2000  Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
+
+	* syscalls.c (_read): Clear errno before doing any read operation.
+
 Thu Feb 24 14:45:06 2000  Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
 
 	* exceptions.cc (call_handler): Use new muto linked list to look for
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
index e7b98efe9..da8d345ab 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ _read (int fd, void *ptr, size_t len)
       return -1;
     }
 
+  // set_sig_errno (0);
   fhandler_base *fh = dtable[fd];
 
   /* Could block, so let user know we at least got here.  */