diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index efe6926da..063ab3c1f 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-10-30  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* (fhandler_socket::dup): Revert previous change.
+
 2001-10-30  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* dtable.cc (dtable::dup2): Add some debugging.  Use methods from
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_socket.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_socket.cc
index 9784118d5..638611876 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_socket.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_socket.cc
@@ -232,8 +232,6 @@ fhandler_socket::dup (fhandler_base *child)
   fhs->addr_family = addr_family;
   fhs->set_io_handle (get_io_handle ());
 
-  fhs->prot_info_ptr = (LPWSAPROTOCOL_INFOA)
-    cmalloc (HEAP_BUF, sizeof (WSAPROTOCOL_INFOA));
   fhs->fixup_before_fork_exec (GetCurrentProcessId ());
   if (winsock2_active)
     {